A/N I just realized I have a whole month to burn up. And I've only used ONE day!! O, I have no clue what to do.
I was reading chapter six and OMG I can't spell worth darn CR@P! my computer is so stupid, it thought this was a hyperlink I even spelled ground as grand . OH well that's what you get for typing fast.
And Magicman, did you REALLY have to review that many times, not that I don't mind. I enjoyed thinking that I had forty reviews from different people. You got my hopes up. Oh well, I see forty and become proud.
Chapter 9 (I believe, I don't know cause my rough draft says it's chapter 11)
P.S. this chapter has some er… I don't know …. Citrus parts to it and Mean name-calling.
P.P.S. Even though I made up Myra, anyone can use her. Just don't make her nice!
Dreams & Propositions
*Dream View*
Running. I was running from something or someone. I didn't want to stop. Oh no. There was a feel of Death that radiated from that thing I was running from.
I started to pass people. Dryden, Millerna, Chid, Yukari, Amano, Allen, Merle, Umeko, Yoshiko. All dead. I started to run faster wanting to get away from the bodies. I passed the crew of the Crusade and Celena.
When I finally stopped running past the dead bodies of my friends, I came across one person still alive.
Van was standing there. He turned to me. His eyes narrowed. "Hitomi! I told you to stay were you were!" he yelled at me. This wasn't Van. This couldn't be Van.
I felt a presence behind me. A blade was drawn for my chest. I closed my eyes for impact. It never came. Even with my eyes shut I saw it. Van had blood running down his chest. He stared coldly at me. "See what you have done?"
Nothing was left. No one was alive, but me.
"VAN! NO!"
*Real View*
I woke screaming. I was shaking trembling and sweaty. At first I couldn't see. Then, slowly, blurry shapes came into focus. Yukari, Amano, Merle, and Van were all there. And Alive. I started to cry. I muttered words like "Death…Yukari…Amano…Allen…Sword…"
Van came forward and sat on my bed. He moved behind me and hugged me, rocking me.
"And I thought they were fighting," I distinctly heard Yukari say.
Van told everyone to get out. He followed after them. Later, he came back. I was happy to see him. I did not want to sleep alone tonight.
Van sat on the edge of my bed, one hand on the bed to balance himself. "Are you okay?" he asked.
I hesitated form saying yes. I wanted to be strong, but wanted Van to stay here. And besides, I wasn't. I shook my head no.
He came closer to me, crawling on the bed. He came so close he was centimeters away. He closed the gap. I saw my dream. I had the feeling Van saw it too. He broke the kiss. I opened my eyes and he started to search them. For what I didn't know.
"I'm sorry for making you feel bad," Van whispered.
"When did you make me feel bad? If your talking about supper, you've already made up from that," I said, puzzled for his apology.
"In your dream," Van replied.
I frowned. "Don't be sorry for that. It hasn't happened. Be sorry if it does." And for once I was the one who closed the gap between our faces. Even though I started it, Van was the one who took over. This kissed became more and more passionate until finally Van spoke.
"Hitomi, tell me to stop. If you don't, there will be no stopping what I do," Van pleased with me.
I was about to say stop, to make him feel better, but I couldn't. I settled on saying "How can I stop what I want?"
(A/N: Naughty Hitomi! We're going to skip this part and keep this story PG-13
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Once we were done, Van and I lied (a/n: correct use of word anyone?) side by side, spooning. I think I must have fallen asleep at some point cause I opened my eyes and Van was still there. He must have been sleeping also because when I moved he seemed a little out of whack.
"Sorry," I whispered.
"It's okay. I wanted to talk to you anyhow."
"Me too. You go first." I told him
Van drew in a deep breath. His hand that he had around my waist tightened a little. "No. Even I, pigheaded Lord Van, know to let you have your say first," he joked.
"Okay. I've really thought this over and I've decided that I don't want to go back to the Mystic Moon. I want to stay here on Gaea," I said. I was hoping that he'd let me stay. I'd already left twice and didn't intend on doing it again.
I felt something like shock pulsing from Van. Then he spoke, very quietly. "I'll let you stay on Gaea. Under one condition. That you stay in Fanelia," well I had no problem with that, "as my wife."
Now I felt the shock. I turned to face him. He was serious. To be honest, I was a little scared of the thought. Being Van's wife would be being Queen of Fanelia. And we were so young in my opinion. After I started really thinking, I didn't care as much. Millerna and Marlene had both gotten married before they were this age. Not to mention, I knew the real Van. I also knew that there was no one else I'd willingly spend my life with.
I jumped {as best you can for lying down} on Van and kissed him. We parted and Van said, "I'll take that as a yes!"
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Van woke me with a kiss. Boy was that a good way to wake up. Real good. He told me he was going to his room to get ready for the day. He suggested that I sleep for a while long and not tell anyone about our engagement; he wanted to keep it private. Too bad people were already guessing.
I waited an hour before I started getting ready for the day. I slowly crept out of my room and out into the gardens. I couldn't remember the way to the Royal Gardens, so I had to still with the Palace Gardens. I was looking at some weird purple flowers when I heard someone come up behind me. I turned around and one of the handmaidens from the palace was there. "Oh, hello," I said.
"What are you doing?" she shrieked.
"What do you mean?" I asked. I had a clue, but I wasn't quite positive.
She appeared not to hear. "What are you? Some kind of hussy? Seducing Lord Van!"
Everyone has buttons that shouldn't be pushed. She just pushed one of those little buttons. (a/n: I just had about a ton of those pushed in the last week!) "Hey! I did no such thing!" I yelled. I didn't care if the whole planet heard me. I was way beyond that.
"You little slut!" the maid yelled. I was vaguely aware that a crowd had gathered. The maid stomped straight up to me. She was trying to gaze down at me, but I was at least an inch taller than her. "Slut," she spat. Then she slapped me. I thought of the times I had slapped Van. I bet my slap hurt much more because he cared about me.
I narrowed my eyes and looked murder at her. "Run! 'Tomi's gonna wait so long till she'll beat the daylights out of you!" The maid looked at a yelling Yukari. "Yes! Your! Run if you want to live!"
"Run," I growled.
She turned frightened eyes towards me. I believe, and hope, I showed no mercy. She hightailed it and ran. I didn't even bother running after her.
Merle came bounding up. "Way to go Hitomi! I've been trying to get her out of the palace for forever!" she cheered.
"She called me a slut," I whispered, hardly hearing a word Merle was saying.
Yukari heard what I said over Merle's chatter. "Well you aren't one," she stated firmly.
Van suddenly appeared. "She's not a what?" he asked. No offense to him, but he was the last person I wanted to see at the moment. "Someone said something was going on down here and that I should check it out." No one told him anything. "Someone tell me what happened!" his tone commanding.
I burst into tears. I just felt so bad after I thought to day was going to be such a good day. I buried my face in my hands. Yukari tried to comfort me, Amano was just standing there, Merle was angry, Van was confused, and I was crying. What a group.
"We need to fire the handmaiden, Myra," Merle told Van.
He looked at me and noticed my red check and nodded to Merle.
Merle got tired of my crying and gave me a matching check. Her slap hurt bad, she had claws. Only after she slapped me she realized she had her claws sharpened. Four little scratches adorned my face. I smiled for some idiotic reason and said, "My face! You scarred my beautiful face!" I was referring to Dilandau (a/n: don't get my wrong I LOVE Dillie!) and the movie Yasu, Yukari, Amano and I had seen because one of the characters had said that. Everyone laughed after my comment.
No more crying.
Okay. Did you all get the big hint in the chapter. *HINT* it's at the beginning of the chapter. It's the wild card I was talking about. I have no clue when it's going to come into play though ^.^;;
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