Chapter 4: Lies, Truth, and a Battle.
'Where is he??' Van asked himself sleepily. After Allen had left, Van had sat beside a tree and fallen asleep. He didn't know how long it had been, but the sun was beginning to dip into the horizon, turning the sky into beautiful shades of pink, red and orange. Rubbing his eyes, he looked in the direction Allen had gone. No sigh of anything.
"That's it." Van said standing up. "I'm going after him." He started walking when a hand on his shoulder made him jump. Without a moments hesitation, Van had his sword drawn and at the neck of the other guy.
"Van, it's me." A male voice said. Realizing it was Allen Van lowered his sword. Panic filled his mind and heart when he realized that Hitomi wasn't with him.
"Allen…where's Hitomi?" Van asked scared of the answer. He noticed for the first time that Allen's eyes were blood-shot and that tears stained his face.
"Allen" Van asked again his voice getting tight.
Allen looked up to the sky and bit his lower lip.
"Van…" That was all he had to say.
"NOOO!!!!!" Van screamed. He raised his sword and plunged it into the ground. Tears freely fell from his eyes.
'How? Why? Who?' Questions boggled his mind. He looked up at Allen, his eyes asking all.
"When I got there Dilandau was torturing her. It was awful…" He trailed off, looking far off as if he was seeing it all again for the first time. "…I told Dilandau to stop but he didn't. I drew my sword, but Dilandau just kept on torturing her. He was…he was…"
"What was he doing to her Allen?" Van choked out. Allen squeezed his eyes shut and took a deep breath.
"He had her chained to a wall and he was beating her…with his sword. When I got there she was already beaten pretty badly. She was cut everywhere, and her blood was all over the wall, herself, Dilandau and the ground. And then she looked up at me and cried out. Dilandau heard that it and he looked at me, smiled and raised his sword and…" Allen said with a heavy voice full of tears.
Van looked at Allen, his eyes full of hurt, pain and sadness. But there was a feeling in his heart that he had never felt before. Like a longing, lonely feeling. It pained his heart. Allen put a arm around Van and said comforting,
"At least she's gone to a better place."
***
Van had been in isolation every since they had landed back at the castle that morning. He wouldn't eat, or sleep and talk to anybody. He just said in his room staring up at the sky. His breakfast, lunch and dinner were on his desk, but it all laid untouched. The sun had just set, and the stars were starting to come out when a knock came at his door.
"Milord!!!" Someone cried outside. Van glanced over to the door, not really caring.
"Milord please open up!" When Van didn't response the servant spoke again. "Lord Dilandau is on the balcony addressing all of Fanilea. And he's telling them that he is the new king of Fanilea!!"
Van shot up at the mention of Dilandau's name.
"WHAT!!!!" Van yelled in rage. He grabbed his sword and ran out the door.
'Dilandau I will kill you!' Van vowed silently.
"I, Dilandau Ablout, am now your…"
"I don't think so Dilandau." Van said behind him. His sword was unsheathed and Van was ready to strike. Dilandau smiled and turned around.
"Hello Vannie. I see that you are here to step down as King so I can rule all Fanilea." Dilandau said as more of a statement than a question.
"Dilandau the day I let you rule Fanilea, is the day I die." Van said, his voice of nothing but seriousness. Dilandau gave a small chuckle.
"That can be arranged."
Van's guards, who had closely followed to the balcony, stepped in front of Van protecting their King from Dilandau.
"Awww, isn't that cute." Dilandau mocked. "Well fine, let them protect you. But can they protect all of Fanilea?"
Van's eyes widened in horror when he realized what Dilandau meant.
"Dilandau don't you even think about it." Van said in barely a whisper.
"Don't think about Van…oh you mean burning Fanilea, again." Dilandau said wickedly.
Van just stood there, not sure what to do.
"Well Van you can step down and let me reign, or I can burn Fanilea." Dilandau said.
"I will not let you take Fanilea." Van said deadly.
Dilandau laughed. "Very well." His eyes were starting to go red and a sick, twisted smile crept up his face. He brought two fingers to his mouth let out a loud sharp whistle.
Out of nowhere, gymelefs appeared. There must have been at least 50 of them. Flames emerged from them, setting fire to anything in their path. Below the people of Fanilea were screaming and running in all directions.
"YES BURN BURN BURN!!!!!" Dilandau cried.
"NO!" Van yelled.
'First Hitomi and now Fanelia.' Van cried out in his head.
"You can thank Allen for all this Van. He gave me this whole plan!" Dilandau shouted turning his attention to Van.
"What?"
"Yup, your "friend" told me to kidnap Hitomi and take over Fanelia. But since you didn't step down, I decided to burn it to the ground instead." Dilandau said enjoying every minute of it.
"No! You're lying!" Van said shocked.
"No he's not Van. It's the truth. I gave Dilandau this whole idea." A man's voice said from behind Van.
Van whipped around.
"Allen?"
Allen nodded, "You see you don't deserve Hitomi. Why would she want someone as weak and pathetic as you when she could have a strong, handsome Knight of Caeli."
"You told Dilandau to kidnap Hitomi and to burn Fanilea." Van asked trying to make sense of everything.
"Yes, that's right."
Yelling in rage, Van charged at Allen. Allen unsheathed his sword and blocked the attack. The two fought off the balcony, down the stairs and onto the burning streets.
***
Hitomi woke up to the smell of something burning. She tired to open her heavy eyelids, but when she did, she could only make out blurry shadows that kept on moving. Like they were dancing.
"Where am I?" Hitomi moaned out loud.
"Your in Fanilea girle."
Hitomi moaned at the sound of the voice.
"Dilandau let me go NOW!" She cried.
"No, sorry I can't let you go yet. There's something a want you to see." Dilandau said slyly.
Hitomi blinked her emerald eyes until she could see. And what she saw made her gasp and stomach turn.
"Why's happening!?!" She cried in horror. Fanelia was engulfed in flames. People's brunt corpse's littered the streets and those still alive were crying out for help in agony. It stank like rotten and burning flesh. Crying out, she snatched her head down only to see that she was tied up to a flagpole in the centre of Fanilea's town square. The flagpole was on a raised platform with stairs leading up to it and all around the platform was fire. It licked its way up the wooden legs and stairs slowly, like it was tasting and savouring the wood. Hitomi shirked. Dilandau just laughed. He headed for the remained of the stairs when he suddenly turned around,
"Oh girly, one more thing, keep looking out in the fire. I'm sure that you'll see something that's worthwhile watching. I know that I'll be watching it." And with a warped, evil laugh he jumped down the stairs and disappeared into the fire.
Hitomi franticly looked around. There was no one that could help her.
"Where are you Van?" She asked quietly, scared that if she spoke to loud and quickly the fire would somehow demolish the platform faster. Still searching the grounds, Hitomi suddenly saw a figure running through the fire chasing someone.
"HELP ME!" Hitomi yelled hoping that she could be heard over the cracks and hisses of the fire. As they came into view Hitomi gasped as she saw that it was Allen and Van. Their swords clashed together as they battled.
"STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Hitomi pleaded to them, but they didn't hear her cries.
"I WILL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID ALLEN!!!!!!" Van yelled as he block an attack.
"HA!" Allen laughed, "THAT IS IF I DON'T KILL YOU FIRST VAN!"
"WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS? SHE NEVER DID ANYTHING!!" Van yelled again.
"I TOLD YOU THAT IF I COULDN'T HAVE HER, NO ONE COULD!" Allen replied. Enraged by this Van attacked with all his force, driving the sword into Allen's arm. Screaming in pain, Allen jumped and spun around just missing Van's head by inches. Van ducked the attack ad spun around facing the other direction. And what he saw made his heart leap for joy, but also quicken with fear.
"HITOMI!!!" Van cried out. She was on a platform that was on surrounded by flames and the legs and most of the stairs of the platform were on fire.
Allen looked up from his bleeding arm and swore under his breath. Van spun around,
"YOU!" Van yelled. Remembering everything about Hitomi, her eyes, the way she smiled, the way she smelt, her hair, and how much he loved her, Van charged at Allen with a force that overcame him. Before Allen had even time to react, Van drove his sword into Allen's stomach. Allen yelled in pain and fell to the ground unconscious. Grabbing his sword, Van wiped the sweat off his forehead and let out an exhausted sigh.
Then hearing a high-pitched scream, Van remembered Hitomi. He ran to the platform and jumped up the few remaining stairs.
"Oh Hitomi!" He cried flinging his arms around her. "I thought you were dead."
"No, I'm fine Van." Hitomi said lovingly and kissed his head. Looking into her eyes, Van saw a mixture of love, pain and fear. Immediately Van starting untying her. He was almost done, when someone pulled Van away from Hitomi and down the flame engulfed stairs.
"Van!"
"Hitomi!" Van cried staggering. He pulled away and turned around.
The man smiled the twisted smile of his, and with his eyes gleaming red, he unsheathed his sword.
"Dilandau." Van hissed dangerously, doing the same.
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'Where is he??' Van asked himself sleepily. After Allen had left, Van had sat beside a tree and fallen asleep. He didn't know how long it had been, but the sun was beginning to dip into the horizon, turning the sky into beautiful shades of pink, red and orange. Rubbing his eyes, he looked in the direction Allen had gone. No sigh of anything.
"That's it." Van said standing up. "I'm going after him." He started walking when a hand on his shoulder made him jump. Without a moments hesitation, Van had his sword drawn and at the neck of the other guy.
"Van, it's me." A male voice said. Realizing it was Allen Van lowered his sword. Panic filled his mind and heart when he realized that Hitomi wasn't with him.
"Allen…where's Hitomi?" Van asked scared of the answer. He noticed for the first time that Allen's eyes were blood-shot and that tears stained his face.
"Allen" Van asked again his voice getting tight.
Allen looked up to the sky and bit his lower lip.
"Van…" That was all he had to say.
"NOOO!!!!!" Van screamed. He raised his sword and plunged it into the ground. Tears freely fell from his eyes.
'How? Why? Who?' Questions boggled his mind. He looked up at Allen, his eyes asking all.
"When I got there Dilandau was torturing her. It was awful…" He trailed off, looking far off as if he was seeing it all again for the first time. "…I told Dilandau to stop but he didn't. I drew my sword, but Dilandau just kept on torturing her. He was…he was…"
"What was he doing to her Allen?" Van choked out. Allen squeezed his eyes shut and took a deep breath.
"He had her chained to a wall and he was beating her…with his sword. When I got there she was already beaten pretty badly. She was cut everywhere, and her blood was all over the wall, herself, Dilandau and the ground. And then she looked up at me and cried out. Dilandau heard that it and he looked at me, smiled and raised his sword and…" Allen said with a heavy voice full of tears.
Van looked at Allen, his eyes full of hurt, pain and sadness. But there was a feeling in his heart that he had never felt before. Like a longing, lonely feeling. It pained his heart. Allen put a arm around Van and said comforting,
"At least she's gone to a better place."
***
Van had been in isolation every since they had landed back at the castle that morning. He wouldn't eat, or sleep and talk to anybody. He just said in his room staring up at the sky. His breakfast, lunch and dinner were on his desk, but it all laid untouched. The sun had just set, and the stars were starting to come out when a knock came at his door.
"Milord!!!" Someone cried outside. Van glanced over to the door, not really caring.
"Milord please open up!" When Van didn't response the servant spoke again. "Lord Dilandau is on the balcony addressing all of Fanilea. And he's telling them that he is the new king of Fanilea!!"
Van shot up at the mention of Dilandau's name.
"WHAT!!!!" Van yelled in rage. He grabbed his sword and ran out the door.
'Dilandau I will kill you!' Van vowed silently.
"I, Dilandau Ablout, am now your…"
"I don't think so Dilandau." Van said behind him. His sword was unsheathed and Van was ready to strike. Dilandau smiled and turned around.
"Hello Vannie. I see that you are here to step down as King so I can rule all Fanilea." Dilandau said as more of a statement than a question.
"Dilandau the day I let you rule Fanilea, is the day I die." Van said, his voice of nothing but seriousness. Dilandau gave a small chuckle.
"That can be arranged."
Van's guards, who had closely followed to the balcony, stepped in front of Van protecting their King from Dilandau.
"Awww, isn't that cute." Dilandau mocked. "Well fine, let them protect you. But can they protect all of Fanilea?"
Van's eyes widened in horror when he realized what Dilandau meant.
"Dilandau don't you even think about it." Van said in barely a whisper.
"Don't think about Van…oh you mean burning Fanilea, again." Dilandau said wickedly.
Van just stood there, not sure what to do.
"Well Van you can step down and let me reign, or I can burn Fanilea." Dilandau said.
"I will not let you take Fanilea." Van said deadly.
Dilandau laughed. "Very well." His eyes were starting to go red and a sick, twisted smile crept up his face. He brought two fingers to his mouth let out a loud sharp whistle.
Out of nowhere, gymelefs appeared. There must have been at least 50 of them. Flames emerged from them, setting fire to anything in their path. Below the people of Fanilea were screaming and running in all directions.
"YES BURN BURN BURN!!!!!" Dilandau cried.
"NO!" Van yelled.
'First Hitomi and now Fanelia.' Van cried out in his head.
"You can thank Allen for all this Van. He gave me this whole plan!" Dilandau shouted turning his attention to Van.
"What?"
"Yup, your "friend" told me to kidnap Hitomi and take over Fanelia. But since you didn't step down, I decided to burn it to the ground instead." Dilandau said enjoying every minute of it.
"No! You're lying!" Van said shocked.
"No he's not Van. It's the truth. I gave Dilandau this whole idea." A man's voice said from behind Van.
Van whipped around.
"Allen?"
Allen nodded, "You see you don't deserve Hitomi. Why would she want someone as weak and pathetic as you when she could have a strong, handsome Knight of Caeli."
"You told Dilandau to kidnap Hitomi and to burn Fanilea." Van asked trying to make sense of everything.
"Yes, that's right."
Yelling in rage, Van charged at Allen. Allen unsheathed his sword and blocked the attack. The two fought off the balcony, down the stairs and onto the burning streets.
***
Hitomi woke up to the smell of something burning. She tired to open her heavy eyelids, but when she did, she could only make out blurry shadows that kept on moving. Like they were dancing.
"Where am I?" Hitomi moaned out loud.
"Your in Fanilea girle."
Hitomi moaned at the sound of the voice.
"Dilandau let me go NOW!" She cried.
"No, sorry I can't let you go yet. There's something a want you to see." Dilandau said slyly.
Hitomi blinked her emerald eyes until she could see. And what she saw made her gasp and stomach turn.
"Why's happening!?!" She cried in horror. Fanelia was engulfed in flames. People's brunt corpse's littered the streets and those still alive were crying out for help in agony. It stank like rotten and burning flesh. Crying out, she snatched her head down only to see that she was tied up to a flagpole in the centre of Fanilea's town square. The flagpole was on a raised platform with stairs leading up to it and all around the platform was fire. It licked its way up the wooden legs and stairs slowly, like it was tasting and savouring the wood. Hitomi shirked. Dilandau just laughed. He headed for the remained of the stairs when he suddenly turned around,
"Oh girly, one more thing, keep looking out in the fire. I'm sure that you'll see something that's worthwhile watching. I know that I'll be watching it." And with a warped, evil laugh he jumped down the stairs and disappeared into the fire.
Hitomi franticly looked around. There was no one that could help her.
"Where are you Van?" She asked quietly, scared that if she spoke to loud and quickly the fire would somehow demolish the platform faster. Still searching the grounds, Hitomi suddenly saw a figure running through the fire chasing someone.
"HELP ME!" Hitomi yelled hoping that she could be heard over the cracks and hisses of the fire. As they came into view Hitomi gasped as she saw that it was Allen and Van. Their swords clashed together as they battled.
"STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Hitomi pleaded to them, but they didn't hear her cries.
"I WILL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID ALLEN!!!!!!" Van yelled as he block an attack.
"HA!" Allen laughed, "THAT IS IF I DON'T KILL YOU FIRST VAN!"
"WHY COULDN'T YOU JUST LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS? SHE NEVER DID ANYTHING!!" Van yelled again.
"I TOLD YOU THAT IF I COULDN'T HAVE HER, NO ONE COULD!" Allen replied. Enraged by this Van attacked with all his force, driving the sword into Allen's arm. Screaming in pain, Allen jumped and spun around just missing Van's head by inches. Van ducked the attack ad spun around facing the other direction. And what he saw made his heart leap for joy, but also quicken with fear.
"HITOMI!!!" Van cried out. She was on a platform that was on surrounded by flames and the legs and most of the stairs of the platform were on fire.
Allen looked up from his bleeding arm and swore under his breath. Van spun around,
"YOU!" Van yelled. Remembering everything about Hitomi, her eyes, the way she smiled, the way she smelt, her hair, and how much he loved her, Van charged at Allen with a force that overcame him. Before Allen had even time to react, Van drove his sword into Allen's stomach. Allen yelled in pain and fell to the ground unconscious. Grabbing his sword, Van wiped the sweat off his forehead and let out an exhausted sigh.
Then hearing a high-pitched scream, Van remembered Hitomi. He ran to the platform and jumped up the few remaining stairs.
"Oh Hitomi!" He cried flinging his arms around her. "I thought you were dead."
"No, I'm fine Van." Hitomi said lovingly and kissed his head. Looking into her eyes, Van saw a mixture of love, pain and fear. Immediately Van starting untying her. He was almost done, when someone pulled Van away from Hitomi and down the flame engulfed stairs.
"Van!"
"Hitomi!" Van cried staggering. He pulled away and turned around.
The man smiled the twisted smile of his, and with his eyes gleaming red, he unsheathed his sword.
"Dilandau." Van hissed dangerously, doing the same.
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Heh Heh!!! Thanx for all the reviews!! I luv reading them!! The next chapter might take away for me to get up. I kind of put off all my homework/tests/projects so I could get this chapter up and now I got A LOT to do. -_-''''' Thanx again! Please R&R!!!!! DA^____^