"Hitomi! Hitomi wake up!"
The girl opened her evergreen eyes, squinting as the sudden brightness made it hard to see. Dr. Rikarzi was hunched over the girl holding her shoulders in his hands. He let out a deep sigh as the girl opened her eyes.
"Thank goodness!" he said before collapsing into his chair, "Hitomi are you all right?"
Hitomi stared up at the man, her eyes still adjusting to the light. She said not a word, just smiled and laughed a bit. The doctor looked at her questionably, not understanding her different behavior.
"Hitomi…are you okay? You must have taken the hypnotism a little worse than I thought. I don't think I should try that to you again," the man rambled off, Hitomi just smiled and shifted her gaze to the window, "Hitomi? Hitomi are you listening to me? Are you okay? Do you have any pain?"
The girl stood and placed her hand on his shoulder, "Dr. Rikarzi, I'm fine. Thank you so much for all that you have done for me."
"But…but I didn't do anything," he stuttered.
"You've done a lot more than you think…a lot more. Thank you, but I won't be coming to our session tomorrow."
Hitomi turned and left after bowing to the man. She walked down the hall of the small building, smiling at all of the workers that passed by. Her heart felt so much more light, the weight of her pain and sorrow had been lifted. She felt like she could take the whole world on, and that the loss she had felt was more bearable. Now that she had had the time to say all that she had felt to the one she loved, she felt like everything would be easier. And deep inside her heart she knew that they would meet again, she did not know when or where for that matter, but she knew they would and that made her happy.
She arrived home a while later, her parents stared as she entered the door. They saw the smiles and welcomed her hugs with enthusiasm, but they did not know what brought on such a sudden change. They gawked as Hitomi practically bounded up the stairs to her room.
"I told you the psychiatrist would help her, I told you," her mother beamed to her husband.
The man just rolled his eyes and smiled to Hitomi when she turned to him. Just by her eyes he could tell that the psychiatrist had not in fact caused this change in her. Something more had happened between that morning and when she arrived home, he did not know what and he knew that he probably would never know. But just knowing that she was no longer swimming in that deep sorrow she had been feeling for the last week made him glad that he did not know. He was just glad that he had his little girl was back to her normal self. The man shook his head as his wife gloated about sending her to the psychiatrist. He also knew that he would hear about it for the next week at the least, but he figured that all good things came with down sides.
Hitomi entered her room and threw her backpack on the floor. Small, reflected rays of light fluttered on her walls, the sun had long since passed her east-facing window making her room dark. But she always enjoyed the darkness; it had a way of soothing her. But she did not need soothing, she was fine, the happiest she had been in years. And nothing, not even sorrow itself could change that. She had all she wanted, and more…
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"LORD VAN!" the boy heard a high voice exclaim as he opened his red eyes, "Oh my goodness Lord Van. You scared me so much, I'm so glad you are okay!"
Van rubbed his eyes quickly and stood. He was still in his quarters, curtains still closed but the cat-girl had opened the doors and many stood watching shyly from outside. His advisor, Calion, stood next to him, ready to grab his king if he were to fall. The boy smiled at Merle as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I was so worried about you Lord Van," she said, snuggling her head on his shoulder.
"I'm fine Merle, thank you," he stated simply before asking everyone to leave.
Calion ushered the people out and turned to face the king, "Lord Van, what happened here? Why were you on the floor? You made a spectacle of yourself, explain to me now."
Van lifted his hand in silence to his advisor, "I do not need to explain anything to you Calion and I won't. Now please leave, I am fine and you are not needed."
The advisor looked at his lord with hurt, then turned away in defeat. Merle looked at her friend and pulled away from his arms. She noticed the added sparkle in his eyes, and the sorrow that had once shrouded them was washed away. Something had happened to make him change his feelings, but she did no know what and wondered if she really wanted to.
Van smiled to his companion and led her through the door. They walked in the gardens of Palas for many hours, talking about various things. Merle did not ask anything about what had happened to make him so happy, inside she knew. She knew that the only thing that could change him so drastically was Hitomi. Over the horizon she could see the two moons rise, she smiled and thanked her friend for helping him. She did not know how she did it, but what ever it was it worked and she was glad of it.
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From the shadows a small figure watched both lovers in their worlds. A smile crossed her face as she saw the sorrow in them fade away with the light, disappearing into the darkened sky. Her job had been done, but she would continue to watch them. Making sure they would never forget their love for each other. With one last look at the two she spread her wings and ascended into the heavens.
A/N: Thank you so much for reading my fanfic. I am pleased to see that you all enjoyed it. I am sad to say that this is the last chapter. I wish I could write more, but there is nothing more to write. I will however be updating my other ones…at some point in time… So if you enjoyed this one you might just enjoy my others. But don't feel obligated to read them…in fact I don't even know which ones I am finishing and which ones I'm bagging. So, no pressure, but it would always be nice of you… ::hint hint:: j/k. Well, I guess this is goodbye for now…or should I say, Until we meet again… lol! J/k well, I guess I'll finish this quickly, but not without thanking all you readers. I would never forget you guys! You are so loyal, and for all you not-so-loyal readers I thank you too. So here we go.
First and foremost I would like to thank my best friend…
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Next I would like to thank all you other people…
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