Born Of The Moon

Chapter X

Visiting Dreams



My world was a haze of darkness as I finally awoke from sleeping. As I shifted from the rather uncomfortable position I found myself in, I noticed a slight pain in my lower abdomen. When my eyes decided it was time to focus on the world around me, I could see it was early in the morning. The rain had stopped and songbirds were beginning to chirp their morning calls.

Then I saw Folken. Memories of what had come to pass the previous night flooded my mind unwantedly, and I took in a sharp breath as the worst of it all struck me. I was drunk, and in my insensible train of thoughts . . . I had lost my virginity last night. Not to the man I loved, but to his brother. How was I . . .





I quickly packed my things and went out to the stable to get Belu. I saddled her, grabbed some food for her, attached my bag to the back and in no time, we were off. Not galloping, but a simple trot. I needed to get away from everything now. Yuhan told me not to get discouraged, but what did I have left for me here? It wasn't clear at all to me.

After traveling for a good two hours, we stopped at a river and I gave Belu some oats to eat while I sat against a tree trunk. I was still exhausted from the previous night. I was having a hard time keeping myself awake on Belu's back, but a sharp stab of pain every now and then in my lower regions woke me right back up.

I began to cry, cradling myself around the waist. It always seemed that I messed things up while being on Gaea. I guess that could be considered an understatement now.

Without realizing it, I drifted off into what I thought was a dreamless sleep.





'Hitomi . . .' A soft and almost inaudible voice spoke.

"What? Who's there?!" I thought I had fallen asleep? I looked around to be certain and it was confirmed; I was still by the lake with Belu by my side. A hand suddenly placed itself on my shoulder and I jumped, yelping. I was gently coaxed into silence and as I turned to meet my intruder, I was met with a pair of kind, dark eyes. Not Van's eyes, but darker.

"Y-Yuhan . . ." My eyes became wet with tears yet again. I made no attempt to move as of yet. I was still in a state of semi-shock. How could he have gotten to Gaea?

'That's right, it's me.' He gave me one of his million dollar smiles and I couldn't help but crawl over and hug him. Being in his arms felt so good, even if it was a few days since I had seen him.

"H-how long has it b-been? How long since I've been gone f-from earth?" I asked in a shaking voice.

'Three long weeks.' He replied, running his hands up and down my back.

I pulled away to arms length from him. I noticed something as he ran his hands through my hair. It was long again for some reason.

"But this isn't real." My hands traced down his forearms to his hands. "It's a dream, isn't it? Your memory of my appearance is wrong. My hair is short now." I met his eyes, finally. "You're not really . . . on Gaea."

His head fell lower, as did mine. 'I figured that as well. At least we're able to talk freely for some reason. How are things there?'

I put on a stern face. "Fine."

He raised both eyebrows at me. 'Well, I know a lying face when I see one. How about the truth?'

It was too true. Yuhan knew whenever I was lying, even if I was trying my very best. He could see through me like the light can see through darkness.

"Let's just say that . . . Van's moved on."

'What?! That arrogant little shit-head! I swear to god if I was there now I'd-'

"Yuhan!" I yelled, overpowering him and scaring Belu. I took a hold of her reign and settled her down. "You aren't hearing me out." I walked Belu over to the river and let her drink some water.

"You're going to listen to me, Yuhan, and you're not going to be angered by my words because they have truth behind them. Van and me . . . well first things first. We live on two different planets. It's been two years since we've seen each other. He's a 17 year old male." I laughed before I spoke again. "He's bound to have some . . . urges that he needs to express with another. Now that I think about it, I'm not surprised that he found someone else. He's a great guy. I knew he'd never have trouble finding another if something were to go wrong with us." I took this moment of silence to look up at Yuhan. He had an expressionless look on his face. I didn't like it. "What are you feeling right now?"

He took in a deep breath, but just sighed it all out. 'Nothing really. I'm just happy that you've figured this all out.'

"Yeah. I guess so. I've accepted his moving on. I just wish that our first meeting had 've been somewhat different."

Yuhan seemed confused. 'How did that go?'

"Uhm-" I started laughing now, blushing at the memory for some reason. "I found him on top of another woman, almost naked-"

Yuhan's short temper for the matter flared again. 'If I ever meet this guy, I swear to god-"

He stopped this time not from me cutting him off, but from the look I was giving him. "I told you, it's alright. I understand his actions and they don't bother me in the least. I think when I wake up I'm going to go to Fanelia and visit him. Our first meeting, I said some very mean things I shouldn't have. Of course I was too hurt and enraged at the time to make sense of it all before I spoke. Anyway, that's over with now."

I moved in to hug him once again. It was a crushing hug this time, one of hurt and compassion. I had never felt so close to him before.

"Thank you for visiting me."



I opened my eyes to look behind him and I saw Folken walking towards us. I hid my throbbing emotions from Yuhan as best I could as I drifted away, pointing to the older man. "Yuhan, this is Folken. Van's older brother. He's the one who came to get me."

I found it odd that Folken did not greet him. I noticed also that his metallic arm was showing once again. "Folken?" I asked, uncertainly.

As he was about 5 feet away from us when he drew his sword at his side and sliced at Yuhan. His form was cut in half and both pieces dissipated into tiny fragments in the air.

"Yuhan!" I cried. Why had Folken done such a thing?

"Folken, what do you think you're doing?!" I shouted at him. He didn't even seem to hear me. He slowly approached me, lifting me by the tip of his sword underneath my chin.

'Did you enjoy yourself last night?'

The only reply I could muster was a gulp.

'That's good, because it will be the last time you will experience the matter.'





I screamed as I awoke from that dream, panting and gasping. My throat hurt from where he had sliced it in the dream.

Why . . . what was that about? Why would Folken try to kill me?! But something about that dream had thrown me off. His metallic arm hadn't been covered. What would give him reason to uncover it?

I looked around the peaceful forest. It was still silent with only the sounds of nature calling. Then something painful struck me in the back of my head. It wasn't an object, but a presence.

'Hitomi . . .'

I instantly knew it to be Yuhan. His deathly whisper of my name had pulled me out of my trance. His presence wasn't welcoming for once. It was almost like a warning. He was trying to tell me . . . something was wrong. I had to get out of there. I had to move. Something was coming. I looked over to Belu, who seemed to be thinking the same. We had to get out of the denser part of the forest.

'Hitomi.' This time his voice was much closer than before. It was more overpowering as well. I had to move quickly. I re-saddled Belu as rapidly as I could, and after putting my duffel bag back up, I took down my new katana blade. At least I had some form of protection for myself. I mounted Belu quickly and we started on our way.

After ten minutes of traveling, I was still uneasy. Yuhan's presence was still with me somehow. I couldn't understand why. I found out all too soon.

'Hitomi!' Yuhan's yell came at me from the left side so I immediately dodged, it being my first reaction. I felt something pierce my left arm from the side as soon as I had moved, and when I turned to see what had happened, I saw Folken hovering behind me. His sword was drawn and was stained with some of my blood, his wings were out and his metallic arm was free. I saw something in his eyes. Something I recognized all to well.

I remembered the first time I had been on the floating fortress. I had seen Van shouting at Folken, who was standing above him. I saw the hate in his eyes. The longing for a better world.

"I've come for you, Hitomi."

Remembering something Van had said to me while training once, attack while you still have the chance. Even if you miss, you have to try, so I did. Fortunately I didn't miss. I somehow managed to drive my blade through his wing. Belu was becoming scared, so as soon as I was sure that he wouldn't be able to follow, I clipped her sides and we headed for Fanelia at full speed.





I was lucky. We weren't that far from Fanelia in the first place. My arm was losing lots of blood from the wound Folken had given me and I was becoming light headed. my shirt was stained from the arm and all the way down to my pants. The wound didn't seem deep to me, but I had to see for sure. I stuck my index finger into the wound quickly because I knew it would hurt. It had almost reached the bone.

Silent tears were falling down my face now. I didn't notice that until I tasted their saltiness in my mouth as I licked my dry lips. I could see the castle gates from where Belu and I were, and her galloping slowed down a little. It was around that time when I was starting to loose consciousness at times. As we got to the gate, I saw the guards. They were the same two who had been on duty the day before. Thank god, they would probably recognize me.

One of them shouted for someone, and I saw a smaller man take Belu's reigns and he lead us to the castle quickly. Outside waiting was none other than the king, Van, and that woman I had seen before. His eyes widened at my sight, and that was the last thing I remembered before passing out.





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Scene comparison; If any of you reading this and have seen Behind Enemy Lines, if you happen to remember the part where Chris was in the forest and he was asleep, then Stackhouse whispered his name to him to wake him up after his dream, that's the kind of effect I wanted for that scene with Yuhan warning Hitomi.

Besides Planeswalker, Who here can tell me what's going on, eh?!?!

I'd like some lengthy reviews for this chapter. I wanna read your exact reactions cause I know some of them will be priceless. Bye ya'll! Thanks for the reviews so far!

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