Untamed Angel 7

Dilandau felt they weren't alone in the room any more, and out of the corner of his eye, saw Folken standing by the door. He narrowed his eyes, then pulled out of the kiss. Hitomi seemed startled then saw Folken. Dilandau straightened up and stepped away from Hitomi. Folken walked over to Dilandau.
"I'll speak with you outside." He said quietly, causing Dilandau to glare at him. Dilandau turned to Hitomi and leaned down to her, kissing her on her forehead.
"Get better quickly." He hissed in her ear, then turned and walked out of his room, Folken following him. Hitomi watched them leave, then sat up and looked at her waist. The bleeding had slowed slightly.
"I wonder where they put my jacket." Her shirt was in bad enough condition that she'd probably never wear it again. Dilandau entered his room.
"Folken has got to let up on me. One of these days, he's going to pass my limit and I wil not be responsible for my actions." He looked over at her. "How are you feeling?"
"Well if having your stomach almost ripped open, then being condemed to stay in the same room for hours on end is good, then I am just fine." Dilandau laughed quietly.
"The injury definately hasn't effected your sassy streak."

Miguel walked down to the Dragon Slayer's dorm hall and walked into the lounge. Gatti, Viole, Dalet and Chesta were sitting on the couches and chairs, talking.
"Well, I have to admit, she is hot," Dalet was saying. "But her temper isn't something to be-" He stopped when he saw Miguel come in. His eyes followed Miguel as he walked over to the couch Viole was sitting on and flopped onto it with a sigh. Dalet studied him. "Hey Miguel, you alright?"
"Yeah, why?"
"You seem exhausted. Anything happen?" Miguel shook his head. Dalet sighed. "I know you're lying, but it's obvious you don't want to talk about it, so I'll shut up." Miguel looked over at Dalet.
"Who were you talking about when I walked in?"
"There's only one woman on Dilandau's team, Miguel." Miguel sighed and got up then left. Viole watched him leave.
"I wonder what's bothering him." Chesta looked over at Viole.
"You think he'll be okay?" Viole shrugged.
"I don't know. It's hard to tell when I don't even know what's wrong."

*Dilandau's~room*
"So what exactly is the reason you wanted to join Zaibach?" Dilandau questioned.
"I'm not sure. I guess 'cause I have no where else to go, what with no living family on Gaea, and I don't want to go back to the Mystic Moon."
"Mystic Moon?!"
"Yeah. I was born originally on Gaea, but 12 years ago, all of Gaea was under attack, so my parents sent me to the Moon with this necklace. I could use the necklace to come back after a while, when the battle was over." She held out the necklace with the blood-red pendant on it. "At first I wasn't strong enough to handle the power of it. So I waited until I was older, increasing my power all the time by training when my adopted parents wern't around. When I turned 15, I started to give up on it and thought I would never get back to Gaea. Then my foster father started getting abusive so I figured I didn't have anything to lose, so I tried again. It worked, and I landed on Gaea, but from what I remembered when I was first at Gaea, everyone I knew was either dead, or didn't remember me, and no one wanted to take in a warrior, especially a female warrior, so I decided to try to join Zaibach. You know the rest." Dilandau studied her, then stood up and walked over to her desk. Picking up her sword, he pulled it out of the sheath and studied the crest.
"You were from Fanelia?"
"Yeah, my father was the king's advisor, so I was....how should I put this?" Dilandau raised an eyebrow.
"Spoiled?" She laughed.
"That's one way of putting it." Dilandau fell silent. Hitomi studied his face. "Dilandau?" He jumped, causing the sword to slice deep into his hand. Quickly dropping her sword, he gripped his wrist, hissing through his teeth in pain. Hitomi stood up, ignoring the pain in her stomach. She walked over to him and took his hand . He jerked his hand away quickly. She got annoyed and slapped him across the face. Dilandau's head whipped to the side, then he slowly lifted his good hand, pressing it against his cheek. He didn't move until he heard a ripping sound. Dilandau turned to see she was taking some clean bandages off her waist and started to wrap them around his hand. He watched her in shock. *She has the nerve to strike me, then act as if she hasn't done anything?* He looked down at his hand. Soon she finished and dropped his hand, looking thouorghly annoyed. "Next time I try to help you, lose the attitude." She turned back to the bed and sat down on it, gripping her sword tightly to her chest. Leaning back against the headboard, she seemed to go into a trance. Dilandau watched in confusion. *What is she-* She shot up suddenly, causing Dilandau to jump again. Dilandau saw her eyes widen and she turned to him. "T-the Vione is going to be under attack!!!"
"What?! What in the world are you talking about?" She stood up and gripped his jacket with a trembling hand.
"Please, you've got to listen. 15 enemy guymelefs are going to attack!! You're going to be severely injured. Don't go!!" He pushed her hand away.
"What do you-" He cut short as the Vione shook, and an explosion went off in the hanger. The door was quickly opened and Gatti came in.
"Sir!! We're under attack!!" Dilandau was frozen with shock. Gatti left and Dilandau headed to the door. Hitomi followed as well, but Dilandau stopped her.
"You're staying here."
"What?! But-"
"Don't argue with me. You're too injured."
"Dilandua you can't go!! I saw it, you're goint to get a very severe chest injury. You may even die!! Dilandau backed away from her.
"I'm going, you're staying here, and there's nothing you can do about it."
Her eyes ignited with an inner fire and he heard a growl deep in her throat. He quickly opened the door and stepped outside then closed the door and locked it. Dilandau heard her slam into the door, beating on it.
"Dilandau please, don't go!! Don't go!! Let me OUT!! DILANDAU!!! LET ME OUT OF THIS ROOM!!! NOW!!! Dilandau!!" Dilandau sighed and ran down the hall towards the hanger.

Hitomi hit the door with her fists hard enough that it almost cut her hands, then leaned her forehead against the door. "Dilandau. Why didn't you believe me?" She sunk to her knees. "What am I going to do?" She then sat up. "I shouldn't be upset. This means that my dirty work is done for me." She looked up. "So why was I so worried for him?" She looked down at her shaking hands. "Why do I care?" She looked over at the window. "Should I go?"

Dilandau joined the rest of the Dragon Slayers at the hanger. "How many of them are there?" He asked Miguel. Miguel turned to him.
"15, Dilandau-sama." Dilandau was struck with astonishment. "Lord Dilandau? Are you alright?" Dilandau shook his head.
"Why are you all standing here?! Get ready for battle!" The Dragon Slayers each headed for their guymelefs, but Dilandau stopped Miguel. "I want you to stay here. Keep an eye on Hitomi. She is not to leave her room. If I hear that she did, you will be very sorry." Miguel nodded, then turned away from him and headed for Hitomi's room. Sighing, he opened the door.
"Hitomi, Dilandau-sama sent me to-Oh no." Hitomi's window was wide open and the room was empty. "Oh man, I'm going to have my head on a platinum platter!!" He groaned, raking his fingers through his hair.

Hitomi flew towards the battlefield in her guymelef.
"Now where is Dilandau?" She spotted his red guymelef battling 2 others.
She landed nearby and watched. "It's just like my vision." She hissed fearfully. The vision replayed in her mind.
**** Dilandau swung his sword down at the enemy. He connected with the head, and it started to collapse. Suddenly, without warning, the guymelef from behind drove at Dilandau and stabbed the back of his guymelef. Inside, Dilandau felt his back rip apart and his blood flowed into the liquid metal, blending with it and turning it black**** Hitomi shook her head and looked up at the battle. She saw Dilandau swing at the guymelef's head. "Oh god, here we go." The enemy guymelef stabbed Dilandau and as soon as they left, Hitomi got out of her guymelef and ran out to him. Opening the guymelef, she pulled him out. "Dilandau, don't leave us. Come on, you keep yourself together until we get you back to
the Vione." He looked up at her.
"Hi-hitomi, what are you doing here?" She smiled weakly.
"You honestly don't think that I'd just let you die out here, do you?" He closed his eyes and swallowed hard. She got into her guymelef and picked him up. He looked at her.
"What are you doing?!"
"I told you, we're taking you back to the Vione." She then took off for the Vione. Dilandau started to feel light-headed and Hitomi looked down at him in time to see him slip into unconciousness. "Hold on, Dilandau, hold on." An enemy guymelef looked up, saw her, and took a shot at her. His sword drove into her guymelef and struck her leg. She winced, but kept going.
When they landed, Viole grabbed Dilandau and carried him into the Vione. Miguel looked up at Hitomi's guymelef.
"What in the world were you thinking?" He muttered as he climbed up her guymelef. "Hitomi? You okay?" No response came from inside. *No, not again!* He thought. Opening her guymelef, he pulled her out gently. She looked up at him.
"I'm fine. I'm just a little....tired."
"Hitomi, why did you do that?"
"You think that I'd let my commander die?" He looked at her leg.
"Perfect. You have another injury." He looked at her waist. "And your old injury has reopened." He picked her up and carried her inside. "Let's get you inside."