Ok peeps! Here's the next chapter! Not that there are a lot of people reading.. *sniff sniff* but thanks anyways to alex-chan and Lord Of The Ring Freak () !!!!! 0_o

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Van sat mooning over Hitomi for a little more then heard a fuss coming from the chapel outside the window in the courtyard. He sighed and reluctantly started to go down to see what the noise was about.

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Hitomi was hanging in the blue light waiting for the end of the trip to Gaea.

'What the heck is going on?! I just go outside and the light comes and grabs me again…' She was starting to complain at the light.

"Why are you doing this?! I didn't ask to go back?!" although she secretly knew she was happy to go back and see her friends. She kept yelling at the light when it suddenly vanished and dropped her a good 10 feet off the ground onto some grass.

"Geez… didn't have to take it personally…" she grumbled as she sat up and looked around at her surroundings. 'I guess I should look for some people to help me get to Van…' She started to look at her surroundings and saw she was in a forest. When she had left earth it still had been morning but it was quickly approaching evening in Gaea. She stated to walk to what she hoped was north. She saw some light flickering in the trees in front of her and saw that it was a fire as she got closer and closer. It was a campsite with a tent and a fire with food cooking slowly and sizzling as it roasted over the fire. Hitomi looked for people around the campsite.

"Hello? Any one there?" She hesitantly moved closer to the fire and looked for a sign of human habitation. She heard a twig snap behind her and spun around to find there was nothing there. She looked around warily and heard another twig snap in front of her but before she could turn her face forward someone grabbed her arms and put a hand over her mouth. She started to scream but it came out muffled and not very effective. She remembered the movies on earth and bit the hand that was covering her mouth and stomped on the attacker's foot. The attacker let go with a grunt and backed away. As the attacker was nursing his bitten hand she turned and started screaming her head off and running for all she was worth. The attacker tackled her to the ground and covered her mouth again.

"Stop screaming! Someone will hear you and come to find us!" The male voice hissed at her. Hitomi reluctantly stopped and started to try to worm her way out of the man's hands. "Sop trying to get away! If you promise not to scream I'll let you go, ok?" She nodded her head and the hands slowly released her. She turned around and faced the man instantly wary. She remembered all those horror stories in her school about men who raped and killed. She started to back off from him with a look of horror. He looked at her as if he were sizing her up for a battle.

"W-who are you?" she asked tremulously. He scratched his head at her.

"My name is Gaiir who are you?" Hitomi looked at him, his brown eyes wide and innocent looking.

'Not like the eyes of a rapist' she concluded.

"My name is Hitomi… Kanzaki Hitomi" He was too busy gaping at her short shorts and tight

T-shirt. "Uuuh… Hello? Gaiir? My face is up here." He quickly looked up and blushed. She just shrugged it off.

"Uuuh… nice clothes… you're not from around here are you?" She shook her head. She saw him more clearly as he stepped into the light of the fire to see her better. He was around her age maybe a little older and had brown hair and was lean and had a lithe look on him.

"What did you mean that someone might hear us?" Hitomi demanded. She was still a little wary of the man and watched his every move and flinched when he went to brush his hair out of his eyes with his hand.

"There are bandits that sometimes come to this part of the forest to hide out." He explained. "Why are you here? Not many people can find their way here."

" I got lost." She replied quickly. He raised an eyebrow at her and shrugged. "Do you know where Fanelia is?" she asked hesitantly.

"Fanelia? This is Zaibach! You must be really lost!" He looked at her with laughter in his eyes.

"Zaibach?! Oh crap…" She started to pace nervously back and forth in front of Gaiir. He started laughing at her then it started to progress into full- blown yelling/laughing.

"What's so funny?!" She demanded. He shook his head at her and laughed harder. After he had composed himself and wiped his eyes she could talk without choking on his laughter.

"This isn't Zaibach! I was just kidding, Zaibach has been dead for at least a year, ever since the girl from the Mystic Moon destroyed Emperor Dornkirk." She glowered at him for a few minutes before she asked.

"Then where are we? This time you better not lie!" He put up his hand in mock defense and fear of her.

"We're in the equivalent of the backyard of Fanelia, Yondolar the country to the south of Fanelia is mostly like this, all forest and occasional town or even rarer a city." Hitomi brightened up. At least she had been going in the right direction.

"I'll make you a deal… you take me to Fanelia's capital and I'll pay you um… 100 dollars! " She figured Van would be happy to see her and pay, besides he was a king he would be rich. Gaiir looked at her strangely.

"What are dollars?" Hitomi facefaulted into the ground.

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Van sighed hopelessly at the mess before him. The four advisors were holding back a very angry looking woman. She was screaming about her deal with them and how she was going to become the queen of Fanelia and how she would eventually rule the world. The advisors were trying to calm her down and tried to bribe her with money and clothes but it just made her more uncooperative. Suddenly the woman saw Van and started to drag the four advisors to him.