Chapter 12: Memories
As Van and Allen stared into the fire they remembered when she told them how she ended up in Zaibach which was by a bright light. The two looked up at each other shocked. "She's from the Mystic Moon!" Van exclaimed. "It's the only way she wouldn't know the truth about Zaibach!" Van jumped to his feet and went into the tent. There he saw the girl sitting up right on the cot with her legs stretched out in front of her. "Where are you from?" he asked as soon as he got close to her.
"Um, I do believe you people call it the Mystic Moon." a bit of hope could be seen in Van's eyes.
"Did or do you know of a girl named Hitomi Kanzaki?" he asked her eagerly. Before she could answer Allen walked in. He should have known that Van would try to get any information about Hitomi from her. Allen walked over to her and pushed Van out of the way.
"I am Allen Schazar, Knight of Cali. Who are you?" Allen asked in a gentleman like way.
"I'm Setsuna, Setsuna Kimiwo." she paused for a moment. "Please, don't take me back to Zaibach. I beg you please don't! Take my sword and any of my other weapons! I never want to touch one again!" She said in a begging like way. They looked at her shocked.
"Don't worry Setsuna, we won't take you back there." Allen told her trying to hold back his laughter. A feeling of relief washed over her. Maybe this nightmare will end now, she thought to herself as she smiled hopefully.
Zaibach guymelefs walked through the forests searching for something or someone. They came across a demolished Zaibach guymelef. The leader of this group jumped out of his red guymelef. The others stayed and watched. The silver haired soldier walked over to the destroyed guymelef cautiously. This. . .this is Setsuna's. . . he thought to himself with disbelief. He turned to the others. "Spread out, I want you to search the entire forest." He commanded them. They all instantly became invisible as the moved out. Dilandau was worried, worried about her. She was the only one he was willing to show his kindness to and he now realised that he needed her. He felt that without her he was incomplete. She filled the empty spot in his soul. He ran back to his guymelef, went into the cockpit and became invisible. Anger is all that went through his mind. He swore revenge on whoever had done this to his Setsuna.
As Allen and Van left the tent, they were confronted by Gaddes. "Sir, this report just came in. Zaibach guymelefs are roaming the area." He reported to them. Both knew that they would come sometime or another for her.
"Tell everyone to ready themselves for battle and to begin to pack up camp." Allen ordered as both he and Van ran to their guymelefs.
As Setsuna sat in the tent wondering what all the commotion outside was about she realised that being away from Zaibach meant she wouldn't be with Dilandau. She would lose a lover and her friends, the Dragon Slayers. But if I stay with Zaibach I'd be helping them hurt innocent people, she debated the matter at hand within herself. She laid back on the cot staring into nothingness. Somehow she had managed to fall asleep through all the noise coming from the outside.
Allen ran into the tent and woke Setsuna up. "Huh? What's going on?" she asked him rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"We're moving camp." Allen said as both he and another soldier under his command packed the few things in the tent.
"Why?" She asked him dazed and confused.
"Just get up, we have to get moving quickly." He ordered her. The tone of his voice brought her back to reality. She then quickly jumped out of the bed and wondered outside. Most of the tents had been taken down except for a few which were in the process of being taken down. She stood there watching everyone scurry around packing things and load wagons. Allen came up from behind her. "Come with me, we have to get out of here quickly." He told her as he grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her towards a levi ship hidden in the forest. Once aboard the ship, Allen brought her to a room and locked it. It wasn't that he didn't trust her, it was that he was afraid that the others didn't trust her.
Setsuna sat down on the small bed and still wondered which side she would stay on. She didn't want to hurt innocent people but if she left Zaibach, she would become enemies with her friends and the man she loved the most. Setsuna laid down thinking about what she should do as she drifted off to sleep.
When Setsuna awoke she was no longer on the levi ship, she was in a larger and more fancy looking room. The bed itself was about six times the size of the small bed she had fallen asleep on before. She also noticed she no longer wore her armour but just her black leather pants and gold coloured tunic. Weakly she stood up and walked over to the glass doors which lead to the balcony. She walked outside and looked at the city before her. Wow, it looks like Venice, she thought to herself. Am I back on Earth? Was the first thing she asked herself but soon found the answer to that question when she looked up at the sky where she could clearly see two moons.
Setsuna walked back into the bedroom and sat back down onto the bed. What's going to happen to me? Was all she could wonder. It's not fair, everyone else has easier lives, everyone but me. Why? Why do I have to suffer so much? All I want is life to go back to the way it was before that bitch had go and kill herself! She sobbed silently into the pillow as she remembered that horrid night when she found her mother's dead body.
*flash back*
Sixteen year old Setsuna walked cheerfully from her friend's red sunfire to the front door of her two story house in the suburbs of Tokyo. As the vehicle pulled out of the drive way she went to unlock the front door but to her surprise it was already unlocked. Strange, mom and dad are aren't getting home until later and Takato is out of town, she thought to herself as walked into the house shutting the door behind her.
She walked down the hallway to the kitchen. The kitchen looked a mess, drawers had been pulled open and cupboard doors had been left open. What the hell happened here? She wondered fearfully. She then decided to go and check the upstairs. Her first stop was her brother's room which looked untouched. She then went to her room and finally to her parents' room. Everything looked fine until she walked into the bathroom off of her parents' room.
Blood covered the floor and the vanity. She looked over at the bathtub and saw her mother's dead body just barely gripping the knife. Her body was covers with gashes and blood. Setsuna let out a high pitched scream as she ran out of the house. Her next door neighbour rushed out of her home to what all the screaming was about. When she reached her porch she saw her neighbours' daughter crouched down on the ground sobbing uncontrollably. She approached the young teen and put an arm around her.
"Setsuna, what's the matter?" she asked, her voice was calming to hear. Setsuna looked up at the middle-aged woman and wiped away her tears.
"My . . . my mom . . . she-she . . ."she tried her best to tell her without bursting into tears.
"It's alright Setsuna, you can tell me." Setsuna took in a deep breath and wiped away more tears.
"My mom's . . ." she paused momentarily. "She's dead!" she blurted and broke down crying again. The woman how was holding her let go and headed into the house to call the police. Setsuna stayed there on the lawn until police cruisers and an ambulance showed up.
*end of flash back*
Setsuna sighed heavily at the memory. No one would ever know why her mother killed herself. She was always a joyous woman, there was never any time where she was severely depressed. Perhaps it was being so joyful that caused her to kill herself. Setsuna tried her hardest not to cry. Her mother was gone and wasn't coming back ever. A few tears rolled down her face. But knowing that someday she would once again be with her mother stopped the rest of her tears from coming.
