Chapter XV, Mystery
(*A/N: Forget about exam's!! either I know my stuff or I don't!!! well
here' the next chapter!!! Ah ya, since for some reason I can't get color
to work very well of fanfiction.net, so everything in square brackets [ ] is spoken
mentally. Sorry if this become confusing. VERY Important
notice at end…Enjoy ^_^*)
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"Folken?!?! Van what do you mean?"
Hitomi asked Van.
[Hitomi I think that this might be Folken's son. But I'm not totally sure. I'm not sure if…]
[Van don't worry. You know that you can trust me, with anything.]
[Of course Hitomi, thank you.]
Everybody had gathered around to see the boy and his wings.
"Papa?" Doran said to Van.
"Hitomi, I never thought that you have Van were that close?"
Millerna teased.
Hitomi went very red, almost purple. "Ummm…He's not mine!!! I mean
I would have known!"
Van bent down to get a closer look at this young boy, who claims that
Van's his father. "Doran, maybe
you should put your wings back for now, so that you don't attract anymore attention."
"I'm sorry papa." Doran had the saddest face he looked down
and shuffled his feet on the ground.
Van couldn't take being called father much longer, but he patted him on
the head in a fatherly way. "It's
okay. Let's go inside."
"Yes there are a lot of things that seem to be needed to dealt
with." Dryden said.
The entire group came in. Van was holding Hitomi's and Doran's hand;
Merle and Lavi were holding hands; Dryden and Millerna were holding hands with
Celena walking beside them, and trailing behind were Gaddis and Anana, who were
just talking to each other quietly.
When they reached Van's study, everyone was off thinking about the third
future war, and this little boy with the white wings.
Finally Van was the first to
speak, "What has happened since we've been gone?" Van said getting
right to the point.
Mentally he asked Hitomi a different question, [Hitomi, should we tell
them that we are engaged? If you want, we could tell them or wait to have it
officially announced to everyone?]
[I really would like to tell them, but I guess at a more appropriate
time.]
[Okay.] Van smiled and returned to the conversation including everyone
else.
"Given the fact that I've been around since the beginning of this
mess, I'll explain most of it." Merle said. For some reason, she seamed
kind of sad, or gloomy. It was actually a short quick to the point explication
of everything; Allen and Chid were out fighting; everyone had gathered here
because Hitomi had returned and then disappeared. The largest surprise of all,
that had Van almost lost his mind, was that Merle and Lavi were courting each
other. Hitomi went all dreamy eyes and Van was just startled that Merle and
Lavi were dating, he never thought of Merle getting a boyfriend, as Hitomi
called them.
"That's about it, other than Doran calling you father. Speaking
about being a father, I tell you Hitomi, the ladies couldn't stop drooling and
chasing after him, when you went back to the moon." Merle said trying to
embarrass Van in front of Hitomi, it actually worked; his face was beat red.
"Ah Merle stop teasing them, you know they really loooovvvvve
each other, they just simply can't say it yet." Celena said jokingly.
"Celena, you shouldn't have said that, you know they are supposed to
realize it first before we cut in." Millerna said teasingly Hitomi could
tell that they were just joking, but she was crimson; and when she looked over
at Van, his face was a mix between, furious but more mortified, (but it was
also beat red), he was embarrassed that everyone had realized that they loved
each other, before they had actually said it to each other. (*Before the trip
to Earth, with both Van and Hitomi*)
Van glared at all of them and spoke out, "I'll have you know, that
I love Hitomi very much and we're getting married!" he said with a shout.
Everybody looked at him, shocked at the outburst.
After he said that, he thought that if he pounded his hand of the desk
or stamped his foot, he could have been 2 years old again.
Van relaxed. "I can't
believe that I just said that, I acted like a small child!" Van said as he
started to laugh so hard that he had to sit down and take a breath.
Hitomi joined in on the laugh.
Everyone looked at them as if they had finally lost their minds. One by one
they all joined in the laughter.
[Dear, dear Van, that was very childish, not to mention that I've never
seen a King more in his prime.] Hitomi said mentally, laughing very hard.
[Hitomi I'm so sorry that I
blurted that out… hey, don't you think that was a bit mean?]
Ignoring what Van said following the apology, she reassured him. [Van it really was funny, anyways there
friends, and I'm glad that you told them, even though you sounded like you were
2.] Hitomi walked over to Van and gave him a hug and a kiss, right in front of
everyone. Once again everyone was shocked.
"Get used to it." Van
said absentmindedly hugging her tightly.
"Van we were used to it way
before you were, we always knew that you two would marry one day. We're just
glad that you two finally had the nerve to get it over with." Celena said.
Everyone laughed, Van stood up,
and kept his arm around Hitomi waist.
"I guess we should find out
more about Doran. And who we are about to go to war against."
"So I take it that Allen and Chid got the message that I sent them,
right?" Hitomi asked Merle.
"Yep, and then they rushed out of here. They took a lot of reinforcements with them too, from both
Fanelia and Austuria, I hope that they are okay."
"I'm sure that they're fine Merle, they can deal with a lot."
Millerna said.
"I hope so."
"So Doran came here with Lady Anana, who came here with Gaddis. So
where exactly did you pick her up Gaddis?" Van asked still trying to sort
things out in his head.
"We picked her up just on
the out side of Austuria. One weird
thing about the ride here is that just on the outskirts of Fanelia, we ran into
some bandits, it was very annoying, because they said that we couldn't drop
things off to you; but in the end they ran away. So I think that it might be
Zaibach, mainly because they had the crest of Zaibach on almost every
thing. I wouldn't be surprised if they
were mad at you, the King of Fanelia, because of you're part in the destiny
war."
Everyone was startled that Gaddis was probably right with the whole
idea. [Van I think that I should tell everyone about my vision; the one with
Anana and Doran. I really think that they should know.] Hitomi said.
[You're probably right,]
"I had a vision, a little
while ago, and…. well Miss Anana and Doran were in it. Fanelia was on fire and they were caught in
the midst of it, Doran also had his wings out. I really have a bad feeling about this, I'm quite sure that Fanelia is
going to be attacked and we're all going to be in trouble." She said leaving
out the part that his wings were black.
"Ok." Van said trying
to make a plan. "I think that I have an idea about a couple of things;
first I have to evacuate Fanelia, I don't want anymore people getting hurt.
Secondly I think that in stead of just waiting to be attacked, I think that we
should just attack them; a surprise attack." Van said, still thinking
things over, to make sure that everything works out. "Where is Crusade II
Gaddis?"
"Well it's almost done
being built, but it's back Austuria, I guess if you want I could go back and
get it."
"Yes, that would be very
good, but stay here the night to rest, and take what ever you need to get back
there. In the mean time, I will start
the evacuation of Fanelia. Now one to other things, who is Doran?"
At the sound of his name being
called, Doran came up to his so called "father" (Van) and looked up
at him. "Yes papa?"
"Ummm…" Van said
uneasy.
"Van can I speak to you for
a second?" Celena asked.
They drifted away from the
group. "Van I'm really worried about Allen, I think that something might
be wrong with him." She said having a sister's intuition. "AND what
ever you do, don't tell Doran that you're not his father, it could break his
heart. Just remember he's just a little
boy."
"Yes honey." Van said,
bugging Celena.
"Stop that!" She said
as they came back to the rest of the group.
"So Doran what do you
remember about your mother?"
"Don't you remember her
papa? Well I remember that she was tall, (*remember this is from his point of
view*) she had dark black hair and she always made us sweets whenever you came
back from work, and…papa didn't you have light hair?"
"Light hair…?"
"Yep, and it was spiky, and papa, your arm healed! YAAAaaaa." Doran said
grabbing Van's arm and carefully gazed at it with wonder.
[FOLKEN!!!] Hitomi shouted in
their mind. [Van I think that you're right, it might be Folken's son. I never
thought….]
"I think you're right
Hitomi." Van said out loud.
"Hmmm?" Merle looked
at the two.
"What, she didn't say anything."
"Merle, ummm, not to
confuse you or anything, but we can read each other's thoughts. I guess the
links back and it's much stronger." Van said
"Oh, ok, but then I'm still
missing something…what did she say?!?!" Merle asked, still very confused.
[You might as well tell
everyone, they'll need to know at some point.]
[I guess there's no time like
the present.] Van said. "Ummm…I
really think that Doran could be Folken's son."
"You mean that…when did he
have time to get a wife and have a child?" Merle asked once again very
confused.
"I'm not sure I just…I
guess I just know. I'm not sure how, but I just know. Maybe we'll find out more about him later, but for now I want to
concentrate on the upcoming war. I…"
[Van…] Hitomi called out to him
as with out warning she fell.
[Hitomi!] "Hitomi!" he
called out to her mind and ears. He leaped over to her and caught her before
she was on the ground. "What's wrong? Hitomi?!?" Van was always so
afraid for her when she had a vision. He thought that she might be dying or something awful like that.
"Oh Hitomi."
"Van what's wrong with
her. Is she having another
vision?" Millerna asked. Van
nodded. "Come lets bring her to
her room." Van picked up Hitomi
and he and Millerna left with an unconscious Hitomi.
The meeting and their friends off in their own way all frightened for
Hitomi.
Millerna was surprised when Van
brought Hitomi to his room. He placed her down on their bed and pulled up a
chair. Millerna check her head, looking for a fever. Her head was blazing
hot.
"She has a fever. I'll be right back. We need to cold her
down; I think that we might even have to give her a cold bath. But don't worry,
she's very strong and VERY stubborn, she'll pull through." She quickly
added. She left the room in search for a cloth and cold water.
Van gave her a sheepish grin
then return looking at a very sick Hitomi. "Oh Hitomi, are you sick or are
you having a vision." Van asked silently.
Millerna silently reenter the room knowing that he was going to blame
himself she said, "Van, you did nothing but love her. Don't blame
yourself! You know her better than anyone, and she wouldn't have you doing this
to yourself." She handed him a wet cloth. "Here, put this on her
head, if she doesn't get better in the next couple of hours than we'll bath
her; I assume you'll be staying here with her?"
Van didn't look over he just
nodded his head.
"Just call me if there's
anything, Van. Don't worry she'll be
fine, I'm sure she's been in a worse situation. I'll come back every half an
hour. Oh and Van, I'm happy for the
both of you."
"Thank you for everything Millerna." He said. When she left
the room, Van wiped off the sweat gathering on Hitomi's head.
"Lord Van?" a small
voice said.
"Merle? I'm in here, you
can come in." When he saw her troubled face he couldn't help but ask her
what was bothering her. "What's wrong?"
"Oh Van!" Merle ran up
to him and swung her arms around his neck, never in his life had he ever heard
her call him his name without the prefix. Something must really be bothering
her.
"Lord Van, I'm sorry
but…but miss Anana, she's…. she's…"
"Shhhh, what's wrong? Calm
down. It's okay, I'm here." He remembers how she used to come running into
his room in the middle of the night, when there would be a thunder and
lightning storm. She was always so
afraid. She would cling to his body
as a little sister would. As she was
doing now.
"Miss Anana said that she
was my… my mother, and that she's been looking for me. Lord Van, I'm…I don't
know what to do. I don't know if she's my real mother or not. All I remember of my mother is that she
abandoned me as a child. How can I
believe her now."
Van was quiet throughout her
whimpering. So that's what has been
bothering her.
"It's okay; is there
anything that I can do?"
"I don't know." She
said softly. "How's Hitomi
doing?" Trying to get off the topic at hand.
"She'll make it." I
hope. He added to himself. "Merle did she tell you why she left
you?" Trying to get back to her newfound mother.
"Yah, but I don't know if I
can't believe her. She still did desert
me. I just am so confused."
"I'll do anything to help
Merle, just ask." Giving her a hug, he felt sad for Merle. Questions
started to rise in his head. Would Anana take Merle away? Would she live here?
Could she be trusted?
"Thank you lord Van." Merle said sighing.
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(HITOMI'S VISION)
Hitomi opened her eyes to a world
filled with fire. She knew that she was
having another vision.
"What?!? No, not another
vision! I don't want to see any more
people die! I don't want to see anything any more. Please… no more…" She
whimpered
As Hitomi looked around she saw terrible things. She saw fire engulfing a city unknown to
her. She saw guymelef's fighting; she saw dead people lying on the filthy
ground. She saw some children looking
for their parents and some lying on the ground. As she turned around she saw a
guymelef that looked like Schezard, but it was down on the ground and…there was
a red guymelef standing over it.
"Is that Allen?" she couldn't believe what she saw. "No
Allen…ALLEN!!!!!! WATCH OUTTTT!!!!!!!" She called out, knowing that he
couldn't hear here. The red guymelef struck Schezard, slicing it down the
middle of the melef. Schezard slumped
to the ground, never to move again.
NO! I can't let Allen die! Hitomi closed her eyes and
cried out to anyone who was listening. When she opened her eyes she saw that
she was in grasslands with the two moons hanging over top of her.
"What, where am I?"
"It's your fault, that he died." She heard the whisper that
came on the wind.
"Who's out there? Who are
you? It is my fault that who died? Allen? Please tell ME!!!" Hitomi turned around until she was facing a
woman with wings white as snow. When Hitomi looked closer at the lady, she saw
that it was Van's mother.
"Varie, why do you say
that's it's my fault that Allen died. I
warned him that Freid was going to be…"
"It was your wishes that set the attack on Freid in motion. It's
your fault that people are dying. Every time you use your powers, you hurt both
worlds more than you can understand. I
warned you before of what your wishes do, and yet you ignore me. Please heed my
words carefully, be careful what you wish for, there will always be a problem
following it."
"But what can I do to help
then ones that I do love. I can't
standby and do nothing. I care for them too much. It's the only way that I know
of helping."
"You must stop using your
wishes. They may not go as planned, and might even hurt yourself. My son cares
too deeply for you, and he deserves happiness; Hitomi you are his happiness in
life. So I beg of you to stop using your wishes." She said slow fading
out.
"What about the wishes of
others, what about them? And who is Doran?" Hitomi called out to her.
"Good luck my child, give
my greetings to my son and my grandson. Take care, Hitomi Fanel." Only a
couple of her feathers were floating in the air.
"Wait I don't understand!!!
Come back!!!"
(END OF HITOMI'S VISION)
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Dilandau raised his sword and
prepared to kill Allen Shezar.
Allen's life flashed before his
eye, it seems that time stopped. He saw
his mother, weeping over the disappearance of his father. His sister in the
fields, running with flowers in her hands. His father in the vision he had when
he was in the mystic valley, telling him to believe in other and have faith in
them. He saw Marlene, the first woman he ever loved. His saw Millerna, a woman he
had learned to love. Hitomi, the first woman who had refused his advances. Last
he saw his son, Chid; Allen only wished that he could have told him who his
real father was. He would have like to teach the young King to fight with swords,
to be the missing father, who Chid lacked in his life.
A cry of despair brought him out of his mental picture "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
FATHER!!!!!!!!" Someone yelled.
Allen looked up to the red
guymelef and saw that there was another sword holding back Dilandau's.
"What?!?!" Allen said
in disbelief. Who could be calling me father? I'm still alive? Allen took a closer look at the other
guymelef and saw that it was none other than Chid!
Wait, if Chid's still alive…and then who called me father?
Did he?
Chid
blocked Dilandau's sword with his own. What?
How is Chid still alive, I saw that
sword go right through his back.
Allen
looked upon the two fighting enemies; Dilandau wasn't even getting tired, but
Chid on the other hand wasn't used to this type of fighting. His weaker muscles
started to give way.
Allen tried to move
his guymelef to help, but it was powerless; so he had to sit and watch Dilandau
fight against Chid, his son.
At a point Chid had
the upper hand, Chid was blindly striking Dilandau's melef unit with all of his
strength.
"Why wont you just leave
us alone!?!?" Chid shouted as he put the rest of his strength into a blow to
the head. Dilandau dodged out of the
swift sword, but it still struck him in the shoulder. It knocked Dilandau down
to the ground. Chid moved back; he had
never killed anyone, and he didn't plan to kill even Dilandau.
"Get out of your
guymelef and we will spare you." Chid said forcefully.
"You think that I
would surrender to a child like you? Get out of my way boy!!!" Dilandau raised
his arm with the flamethrower on it and attacked Chid's mask with an intense
fire.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"
Allen yelled as he saw Dilandau prepare to kill, once more, Chid.
Once again they
were saved by one of Chid's knights, although all it had done was block the
fire with it's own body.
"It was an honor to
serve you, your majesty." The man said over the intercom before he died.
"No! I promised my
people that there would be no more suffering. We've all suffered enough!" Chid said softly.
He jumped over the
fallen ally, and swiftly went after Dilandau. Chid's allies were starting to
gain the advantage.
To get away from
Chid, Dilandau changed to flying mode and flew away, recalling the dragon
slayers.
As a final count,
seven of the new dragon slayers had been knocked down, but so many of Chid's
forces was also down. It was almost in the hundreds.
I let them down
again, I'm just not meant to rule.
Chid said miserably.
"Chid?" Allen
called out.
"Yes Allen."
"You…you called me
father. Why?"
"Because you are my
real father." Chid said to his Allen.
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(*A/N: Okay
prepare for a very long author's note…
1st: I really have to apologize for the VERY LOOOONNNG delay
for this chapter.
2nd: I have to thank everyone for all the amazing reviews
that I've been getting! I may not
always show that I really appreciate them, but I REALLY do!! There have been little things that people
have written in their reviews to me that make me think about the story; so what
I am going to do is review and re-edit all the chapters.
Each new chapter that I post a new chapter will be revised. I've revised chapter 1.
I promise that I will add things and make this story much better!! It's
just going to take some time. And ummm…
I've also been told to do a lemony part, I'm really not that type of person,
and I'm just to shy. Sorry. (But there are going to be almost lemony part,
later. ^_^)
(Oh ya, I'm also really sorry that the fighting scene is so bad, I've
never done one before, so if anyone has a suggestion, PLEASE tell me!!! ^_^)
3rd: This has nothing to do with the story really but I have
to say it anyways, I want to dedicate my story to my hedgehog, who died on
father's day. I know that I'm very pathetic but he was my pet, and I really
miss him. So my whole story is dedicated to my dead pet. (I'm really pathetic.)
Oh well.
Thank you once again to all the magnificent people who have read this story!
Thank you for all the encouragement!! I will hurry with the next chapter
because IT'S SUMMER!!!!!! Oki Miya
^_^*)