*Untamed~Angel~9*

Hitomi froze.
"D-Dilandau-sama, what's wr-"
"Cut the pleasentries. You were acting odd today. You didn't care at all when Viole beat you.
What's going on, Hitomi?" She looked down at the ground and heard Dilandau approaching her.
He lifted her head and looked at her with such a warm look in his eye, that looked very out of
place on the deadly soldier's features, that she couldn't help but be trapped in their gaze. He felt
her shiver ever so slightly. *She's scared.* He realized in shock. *But over what?* *Oh, god.
Does he know? About my powers? I'll bet he does and he's not pleased.* "Hitomi, you have
another secret, don't you?" She swallowed hard, and managed to look away from his powerful
gaze.
"Y-yeah, but I would appreaciate it if you didn't ask what it was." He sighed.
"I will find out eventually, but if you don't want to tell me now, there's no point in continuing to
ask." He ran a hand down her cheek. "But I will ask one thing." She looked up startled. "Do you
have feelings for Van Fanel?" She blushed.
"N-no sir. I admit, he is slightly attractive, but I have no strong feelings for him. Especially
when," She looked down, a deep blush spreading across her face. "I have feelings for some one
else." Dilandau was surprised, and then he suddenly got an idea. reached down and kissed her powerfully. She froze for a moment, then her hands slid up and wrapped around his back, pulling
him closer to her. She then returned the kiss, but seemed hesitant. Dilandau then felt a strong
power flow through him for some odd reason. Hitomi pulled his neck down slightly and after a
while, pulled way. She looked at him, pleased to see her commander out of breath. He
swallowed hard then smirked down at her.
"Is that all I get? A simple kiss?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Stay on my good side, and you might get more later on." She pulled out of his tight grip and
with a smirk, left the room.
When he stepped outside, he walked to the hanger, informing Folken as he passed that he was
going out for a while. Climbing into his guymelef, he left the Vione and landed by a large pond
with a waterfall. Jumping down out of his 'melef, he walked over to the pool and slid his armor
off so he was standing in his black shirt. (I know Dilly has a lilac top, but I like him better in black!)
He fell to his knees by the edge and studied his reflection in the water. He then noticed movement
on the other side of the pond and looked up. He didn't see anyone, but his instincts told him he
wasn't alone, and he trusted them. Pulling out his sword, he walked around to the other side.
"Some one else is here, I know it." He muttered to himself. He turned around a corner, but
didn't see anything in the clearing he had found. Confused, he turned back to the pond and was
about to gather his armor when he heard some branches snap, causing him to jump and whip
around. He re-entered the clearing, and walked passed the edge. When he forced his way through
a large overgrowth of plants, he found what his instincts were warning him about, as he was now facing a huge golden eye. Dilandau sucked in his breath and started to back away when the dragon turned and his chest started to swell up.
"D*mn!" He heard someone hiss. He turned to where the dragon was aiming and saw a very familiar form standing nearby, holding a drawn sword. He almost fell in shock.
"Hitomi!?" The dragon whipped his way at the sudden outburst and the flame shot out at him.
He jumped out of the way and heard Hitomi swear in frustration again as the dragon took off. She
ran after it.
"Thanks alot!!" She snapped at him as she passed. "You were alot of help!" He ignored the
insult and followed, interested. *She must be trying to slay the dragon. Good luck. That one's
bigger then the largest one I've killed.* Dilandau realized what he just said. *Perfect. She's going
to die slaying this dragon.* He took a look at the dragon. *Though I have to admit, he is quite injured.* She finally caught up and jumped onto his back. "You're not gonna get away from me
this time!!" *THIS time?* She pulled her sword back to drive into it's neck, but the dragon
anticipated the move, and his tail came out of no where, slamming into her. Dilandau winced as
she fell off his back. She hit the ground, and started to sit up with a groan. Shaking her head, she
stood up and realized her sword was now on the other side of the field. She pulled out a hidden dagger so quickly Dilandau could barely follow her movement and threw it at the dragon. It
slammed into his eye, blinding him. *Good move!!* Dilandau thought. As the dragon thrashed
around, she ran to the other side and retrived her sword. The dragon stopped flailing around and glanced at the field. He saw Dilandau and his chest started to expand. *Oh sh*t!* he thought
bitterly, his eyes growing wide. "Hey ugly!! You're fighting me, remember?!" The dragon turned
at the last second and let out the blast. Hitomi dodged the flame and landed on the dragons back again. Dilandau watched as she finally managed to drive her sword into the dragon's tough hide.
But to Dilandau's surprise, she didn't make a fatel injury. Instead of killing him, she jumped down
and ran in front of him as he reared up in pain. Dilandau then realized what she was doing and
watched in absolute astonishment as she drove her sword into his chest and lifted it up as far as
she could, resulting in an 8 foot cut, as well as slicing his heart in half. Blood poured out, drenching
her, and the dragon collapsed at her feet. She looked up at Dilandau, glaring, and spit out some dragon blood. "What are you doing out here?" She demanded. Hr raised an eyebrow.
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" She looked over at the dragon carcass.
"What's it look like?"
"Like your'e trying to get yourself killed." He muttered.
"Very funny. Actually, I have been hunting this dragon for 2 years. I came down here for some
time alone and he came out of no where and attacked me." She looked at him. "Why? You
weren't worried about me were you?"
"Oh course not!!" Dilandau said, blushing furiously. She wiped some of her own blood off her
mouth and looked again at the dragon, before walking over to it. Dilandau watched as she cut out
the energist. Tossing the it to him, she said,
"Here. I have no use for it. The energist in my guymelef is still at full power. But after your last
battle, one of your energists were destoyed." He looked over the energist. It wasn't like the usual energists. This one was ice-blue, and smooth.
"Odd energist." he muttered.
"Jackknife was an odd dragon." She replied as she cut out some of the dragon's meat and started
a fire. He realized what she was doing.
"You're going to eat dragon meat?!" He demanded. She looked over at him.
"Dilandau, I grew up out here." He looked up from the energist, interested.
"Seriously?"
"Yeah." She told him the same story she told Miguel, then she added, "But what I never told
anyone was that I didn't go straight to the Mystic Moon when the war started. Instead, I ran off,
to what seemed like the other side of Gaea, it was so far away. I lived out there for 4 years, learning
to defend myself. When I was able to kill a dragon, I felt I knew how to look after myself, but that's not what made me leave. I would have stayed out there for the rest of my life if the war hadn't
moved closer and closer to me until at any moment, the country I was staying in would be under attack. So I left for the Mystic Moon." Dilandau watched as she cooked some of the dragon's
meat.
*10~minutes~later*
Hitomi had managed to get Dilandau to try some dragon's meat, which he seemed thouroghly disgusted about. Hitomi almost couldn'tbreath, she was laughing so hard at Dilandau's reaction.
"Don't worry, you'll get used to it." She managed to say.
"I'm not sure I want to get used to it." He muttered bitterly. She laughed, then quieted. Dilandau
ran his fingers through his hair, then froze. "Hitomi, you're hiding something important from me,
aren't you?" She loked up at him startled, then looked down again.
"H-how'd you know?" She asked queitly. Dilandau was confused.
"I'm not sure." *It's starting.* She thought bitterly. *Mother warned me never to heal anyone
unless it was an emergency because of the after effects. Now their starting. Thank goodness it's gradual.* "Hiotmi?" She looked up. "It's something about the after effects from when you healed
me, isn't it?" She nodded.
"Can you guess why?" She asked, sounding very ashamed. He froze, a startled look on his face.
"When you heal someone, you transfer your powers to them, don't you?"
"Yeah. And I can see their kicking in." Dilandau then thought of something that shocked him
very deeply.
"Hitomi?" She glanced at him.
"What now?"
"Will I turn into a Draconian?"