*Familiar~Stranger~4*
"What...but I thought...the sorcerers...they-we were told that...I...oh man,
I've got a headache." Miguel stuttered. Hitomi looked at him with wide eyes.
"Miguel, what in the name of Gaea are you talking about?"
"The sorceres said you'd died."
"Well, obviously, they lied about it. But why..."
"Shouldn't someone tell Lord Dilandau?" Miguel suggested.
"Good idea. You tell him, I'll go tell the other Dragon Slayers."
"What? Oh no, YOU tell Lord Dilandau, I'LL tell the other Slayers"
"Yeah, great idea, Miguel. Have someone that he thinks is dead walk up
to him and tell him that they're not." Miguel sighed and stood up.
"Fine, I'll tell him." She watched him walk away to Dilandau's dorm.
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Dilandau stared at Miguel with absolutely no emotions on his face.
"So let me get this straight. You're telling me that one of my best Dragon
Slayer that has been dead for 3 years was in the hanger on her old guymelef, and is
now in her old dorm at the moment?" Miguel bit his lip then nodded.
"Yes sir." Dilandau stared at him for a moment longer, then struck him
across the face hard.
"Do not make up lies about Hitomi, Miguel!" He snapped viciously. Miguel
gripped his cheek, felt the frustration building up in him, then did something that he
hadn't dared to do for 5 years.
"I am not lying sir! I am telling you the truth! Hitomi Fanel is in her old dorm
rightnow. You know I am telling the truth, you are just too scared to admit it!" He
retaliated, his eyes filled with frustration. He could not believe that he had just defied his
commander, but he didn't let it show through. Dilandau stood frozen where he was.
Anger, shock and confusion swirled in his crimson eyes. Miguel swallowed and
straightened his shoulders. "Hitomi will be expecting you to see her soon. I suggest you
don't keep her waiting. He then turned and left.
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When he was in the hall, he leaned against the hall, looking down at
his hands to see them trembling. "I can't believe I just did that." Miguel closed his
eyes and hung his head. "Next time he sees me, I am going to be in so much
trouble."
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Hitomi sat in her room, going over everything.
"Everything is the same as the last time I was here." She said quietly. Opening
a door, she found her ajoining bathroom and walked inside. She examined the entire room
and then opened another door to see all her belongings that she'd left behind when the
sorcerers took her away. She looked through it, finding many familiar things. She then
stopped, her hand poised over one of the objects. "They, they found my dagger." She
picked it up and examined the hilt with the Fanelian crest engraved in it. Hitomi bit her lip
and ran her fingers over the still-sharp blade. Hearing the door in her bed chamber open,
she slipped her dagger into her pants leg and was about to head into her bed chamber, but
stopped when she felt sharp pains running through her back and fell to her hands and knees,
panting, her back in a river of intense pain.
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Dilandau stood in Hitomi's room, looking around skeptically.
"Why am I here? I know Hitomi's dead, so why am I standing in her room?"
He walked over to her bed, saw that it was just as smooth as he usually kept it, and that
nothing was disturbed. "If she IS here, I'd like to see her right now." He heard footsteps
heading towards him from her bathroom and froze. He turned and stared at the door,
waiting to see who was coming. When they came into view, Dilandau's heart stopped,
then sank. "Rafe, just WHAT are you doing in Hitomi's room?!" He looked startled.
"I, I'm not exactly sure, Lord Dilandau." He said nervously, looking around in
surprise.
"Well, get out." Dilandau said. glaring at him.
"Yes sir." Rafe said, bowing, then leaving quickly. Dilandau looked around,
a low and painful ache in his heart as he turned, left the silent room and quietly closed
the door behind him.
A/N: AAWWWWWWW, poor dilly. so, freaked out yet? confused? kinda
weird how the new d.s. is really hitomi, and dilly doesn't even know it!!!! his lost
love is right beside him and he isn't even aware!!! should he discover who
rafe really is? mmmmmm, i haven't decided yet. ha ha!!!!! i control their fate, and
i decide whether or not they discover each other ever again!!!!!! will they? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............................. heh heh. just jokin'!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry that the chapter was so short.
~*~Wild~Angel~*~