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CHAPTER FIVE:
Lunar blinked. For a minute she was smiling, holding it there to hide a reaction.
"Well.." Lunar began.
Then there was a crash of rubble. Some of the tunnel was caving in. The two were filled with alarm and they began to run as all behind them was falling down.
Lunar boosted Hitomi forward as she began to lag.
"Just go, girl!" They ran, trying to determine the tunnels, but the light was a little restricting. That was when Hitomi pictured the pendant in her mind, and it guided her, she pictured it swinging back and forth, it guided her the right way...she fell smack into somebody and they went hurtling into the floor just as the last of the tunnel behind them fell and it was silent.
Hitomi knew it before she looked up, she sensed the heartbeat of her true love, Van realised it too. They looked at each other in shock. Both were too afraid for it to be a dream, their hearts thumping madly in their chests, all the pain of being away ebbed just for a moment and after the confusion they threw themselves at each other and hugged.
"How did you..." Van trailed off, he was so happy.
Hitomi motioned to Lunar, who was sat on the floor, rubbing the back of her leg. Van was as equally shocked as Hitomi. It was almost like a replica of himself, same clothes and she had a sword..his sword...yet his was right with him....he looked down and checked, and it was.
It was then that the energist flashed. Van recognised it immediately.
"An energist! She's stolen from Escaflowne!" Van said.
"I...didn't.." Lunar was looking at Van like she expected him to be different.
Van felt something about this girl...he didn't know her..yet he did....
"She brought me here, said you were in danger and that you needed my help, that gaia was in trouble...she says she's from here." Hitomi said.
Van couldn't stop looking at the girl for a moment.
"Who are you?" Van asked.
"My name is Lunar." She said.
"Well...Lunar. you have a lot of explaining." Van said.
"I wish I could...but I can't.." She said, frowning...it was evident she was ahting every minute of this.
"Please...tell us the truth..." Hitomi said.
"Okay...but..once I have, both of you must go down that tunnel, turn at the third right and then move the rubble, then you'll get out." Lunar said. "It's very important.
Hitomi looked at her. "You know a way out of here?"
"Who are you? Who are you really?" Van asked.
Lunar opened her mouth and then more of the tunnel fell. "Run! Remember the directions!"
They ran on, running straight past three rights, turning in. They stopped, Van fell. Lunar saw the rubble about to fall on him and then she hurled herself to the floor and shoved him away, yelling his name.
Then it was silent, it went in slow mode..Van was out of the way, but a huge rock smashed into Lunar...she would die within a half hour at most.
Van looked at her with complete horror, as with Hitomi.
"What did you just..say?" van stuttered.
"I guess...you want the truth...huh? I never could lie to you. I am from Gaia, but not form this time..I came here to save you, dad. I'm your daughter..of the future..." She chuckled. "You see, you survived this, taking this tunnel out, but in the end, you were forced to marry, I don't know my mothers name, she died at child birth, dad...you didn't care about her..your heart belonged to Hitomi.so much so that you named me after her and you told me all about the angel from the Mystic Moon, the one called Hitomi. You told me of your adventures..but you grew sadder every day..we were all each other had...I was your..little princess.." She coughed up blood then looked at Hitomi. "I always wanted you as my mother. You're kind and sweet, and understanding...I came back because either way both of you have no future without each other, Dad, you ended up getting a disease, when I left to come back...I knew you'd die within a few weeks..I wanted to save you.."
Lunar began fading in and out of existence like a ghost.
"Lunar..what's going on?" Hitomi asked.
"I'm..finishing what I came here to do..now you two are together Van is no longer going to sleep with my mother and so..I am not born..but..I knew this was going to happen...but..me and dad are real close..I will do anything...to make him happy..it's all I ever lived for..and Hitomi..thank you for being a mother to me..for a little while..you're more than I ever dreamed of in a mother..you stay with dad..you..belong together."
Van hugged her. "I love you...my future child..you've..got the real makings of a princess, worthy of Fenelia" He was crying slightly.
"Don't.worry.." Lunar said, crying happily. "I'll be watching you in the stars..I'll never be gone completely..."
Then she vanished.
~*************~
Hitomi ran a hand over her swelled stomach. Van and her had been married a year, the amount of time that had gone on since Lunar had given the ultimate sacrifice. Van and Hitomi shared a secret day of silence to honour her.
Hitomi looked up at the night sky.
For a minute, in the stars, she thought she saw Lunar's face, the female version of Van.
"I'm watching you guys!" She said with a happy smile.
Hitomi blinked.
"Did you...just see that?" She asked van, who was behind her, holding her.
Van nodded. "I pray that the baby will be something like her."
Just then Hitomi felt her waters break. Van called in help from a midwife who had been on standby. For a moment he felt happy, maybe, just maybe..Lunar would be back..
CHAPTER FIVE:
Lunar blinked. For a minute she was smiling, holding it there to hide a reaction.
"Well.." Lunar began.
Then there was a crash of rubble. Some of the tunnel was caving in. The two were filled with alarm and they began to run as all behind them was falling down.
Lunar boosted Hitomi forward as she began to lag.
"Just go, girl!" They ran, trying to determine the tunnels, but the light was a little restricting. That was when Hitomi pictured the pendant in her mind, and it guided her, she pictured it swinging back and forth, it guided her the right way...she fell smack into somebody and they went hurtling into the floor just as the last of the tunnel behind them fell and it was silent.
Hitomi knew it before she looked up, she sensed the heartbeat of her true love, Van realised it too. They looked at each other in shock. Both were too afraid for it to be a dream, their hearts thumping madly in their chests, all the pain of being away ebbed just for a moment and after the confusion they threw themselves at each other and hugged.
"How did you..." Van trailed off, he was so happy.
Hitomi motioned to Lunar, who was sat on the floor, rubbing the back of her leg. Van was as equally shocked as Hitomi. It was almost like a replica of himself, same clothes and she had a sword..his sword...yet his was right with him....he looked down and checked, and it was.
It was then that the energist flashed. Van recognised it immediately.
"An energist! She's stolen from Escaflowne!" Van said.
"I...didn't.." Lunar was looking at Van like she expected him to be different.
Van felt something about this girl...he didn't know her..yet he did....
"She brought me here, said you were in danger and that you needed my help, that gaia was in trouble...she says she's from here." Hitomi said.
Van couldn't stop looking at the girl for a moment.
"Who are you?" Van asked.
"My name is Lunar." She said.
"Well...Lunar. you have a lot of explaining." Van said.
"I wish I could...but I can't.." She said, frowning...it was evident she was ahting every minute of this.
"Please...tell us the truth..." Hitomi said.
"Okay...but..once I have, both of you must go down that tunnel, turn at the third right and then move the rubble, then you'll get out." Lunar said. "It's very important.
Hitomi looked at her. "You know a way out of here?"
"Who are you? Who are you really?" Van asked.
Lunar opened her mouth and then more of the tunnel fell. "Run! Remember the directions!"
They ran on, running straight past three rights, turning in. They stopped, Van fell. Lunar saw the rubble about to fall on him and then she hurled herself to the floor and shoved him away, yelling his name.
Then it was silent, it went in slow mode..Van was out of the way, but a huge rock smashed into Lunar...she would die within a half hour at most.
Van looked at her with complete horror, as with Hitomi.
"What did you just..say?" van stuttered.
"I guess...you want the truth...huh? I never could lie to you. I am from Gaia, but not form this time..I came here to save you, dad. I'm your daughter..of the future..." She chuckled. "You see, you survived this, taking this tunnel out, but in the end, you were forced to marry, I don't know my mothers name, she died at child birth, dad...you didn't care about her..your heart belonged to Hitomi.so much so that you named me after her and you told me all about the angel from the Mystic Moon, the one called Hitomi. You told me of your adventures..but you grew sadder every day..we were all each other had...I was your..little princess.." She coughed up blood then looked at Hitomi. "I always wanted you as my mother. You're kind and sweet, and understanding...I came back because either way both of you have no future without each other, Dad, you ended up getting a disease, when I left to come back...I knew you'd die within a few weeks..I wanted to save you.."
Lunar began fading in and out of existence like a ghost.
"Lunar..what's going on?" Hitomi asked.
"I'm..finishing what I came here to do..now you two are together Van is no longer going to sleep with my mother and so..I am not born..but..I knew this was going to happen...but..me and dad are real close..I will do anything...to make him happy..it's all I ever lived for..and Hitomi..thank you for being a mother to me..for a little while..you're more than I ever dreamed of in a mother..you stay with dad..you..belong together."
Van hugged her. "I love you...my future child..you've..got the real makings of a princess, worthy of Fenelia" He was crying slightly.
"Don't.worry.." Lunar said, crying happily. "I'll be watching you in the stars..I'll never be gone completely..."
Then she vanished.
~*************~
Hitomi ran a hand over her swelled stomach. Van and her had been married a year, the amount of time that had gone on since Lunar had given the ultimate sacrifice. Van and Hitomi shared a secret day of silence to honour her.
Hitomi looked up at the night sky.
For a minute, in the stars, she thought she saw Lunar's face, the female version of Van.
"I'm watching you guys!" She said with a happy smile.
Hitomi blinked.
"Did you...just see that?" She asked van, who was behind her, holding her.
Van nodded. "I pray that the baby will be something like her."
Just then Hitomi felt her waters break. Van called in help from a midwife who had been on standby. For a moment he felt happy, maybe, just maybe..Lunar would be back..