SORRY it took so long to update, but it's a long chapter and well, I came up with ideas for two other stories that made me get writer's block for this story.

Argh… you people have NO sense of decision. But I'm not gonna type up the fic were Van dies (even though I like it) but maybe sometime in the future I'll type up a lemon.

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Did I mention Millerna's the Queen along with Dryden? No? Sorry!

Chapter 12

Girls Just Wanna Have Fu-un

(Weird title)

You know how it's supposed to be a big thing for a girl to go to the Prom? Well, compared to preparations for the Celebration, the Prom was nothing. Millerna arrived in the morning the very next day with Allen and Dryden in tow; Celena was staying with Princess Eires. All of us girls met in her room and talked about what we had done since we had seen each other last. Then we talked about the Celebration.

"So, Hitomi! What are you going to wear?" Millerna asked, way off the subject.

"I don't know," I said. It was the truth. All the gowns that I had bought up till now had been simple gowns. Not fancy, frilly ones.

"Don't worry about it Hitomi! Yukari and I have your dress all planned out!" Merle said.

"Oh really?" Millerna asked. "What's it like?"

"It's going to be a green velvet dress with gold lines like vines embroidered into it," Yukari said. (A/n: *.* I know bad description, but I'll describe it better when she actually sees it. I hope) She must have meant the material from the other day, the one they wanted to make a dress out of. No wonder the seam mistress had taken our measurements. She was saving them for making the dresses for the Celebration!

"Oh, it's not going to be the Fanelia colors gold and red?" Millerna asked.

"No, I think Lord Van would like it much better if he saw her in green," Merle said. I was scared of what the dress would turn out to look like. My fears were well-placed come to find out.

"Why would it matter what Van thinks, I knew he liked her but still…" Millerna started.

I took in a breath. "Don't tell anyone, but… Van and I are engaged. He's making the announcement at the Celebration."

Millerna had the same reaction as Yukari; jump right on poor old me.

*~*~

That same day, but much later {Later being after dinner} another royal family came. Well, not family, just princess. I will never forget my first encounter I with her. The whole assembled gang (A/n: Van, Merle, Amano, Yukari, Allen, Millerna & now Dryden ---the gang) and I were sitting in the Palace Gardens talking and sharing stories from our childhood, mainly at MY expense, when a page came and told Van that the royals of Sacario (spell check) were here.

We all followed him out of the Gardens and into the Main Hall. There stood a girl around our age. She had waist length black hair and rich mahogany eyes. She was looking around the Main Hall. She took notice of Van and her eyes seemed to take on a glint. She saw everyone else and her nose seemed to wrinkle. (A/n: you know what I mean)

"I welcome you to Fanelia," Van said when he got to her.

"Thank you for inviting me, King Van. I am Princess Aires (Air-z) of Sacario," she said, extending her hand to have him kiss it. Never in all the time I'd been on Gaea had I actually seen anyone do that. Van did kiss her hand though. Maybe it was the way of her country? (A/n: when I first thought of her name I though of Air-z like Air-head! But she's okay, I guess)

"Why, Princess Aires! It's been so long," Millerna said. Why do I get the feeling for her it hadn't been long enough?

"Oh, Queen Millerna. It has been a while," Princess Aires replied. I could see disdain clearly reflected in her eyes, but her smile seemed genuine. Princess Aires was not to be trusted. She turned back to Van. "So, my lord, will you escort me to my room?" Princess Aires asked.

Who does she think she is?! I thought. Sure, it was custom to call nobles my lord. Yeah, she was a princess. But hasn't she heard the word 'servant?'

Van looked an apology at me. "Right this way," he said and started to walk away. She quickly followed leaving the servants to gather all her bags. Poor things.

As soon as Princess Aires was out of earshot Millerna exploded. "How dare she try to make moves on Van? Especially when he-!" Millerna stopped talking at my glare.

"Van's what?" Allen and Dryden asked simultaneously. (A/n: I got that word right without the spell check! ^O^)

"You might as well shout it to the world," I mumbled under my breath. I looked at Dryden and Allen looking straight at me. "How many people do I have to tell?" I asked looking up. Looking back down at them I said, "Van and I are getting married, he's going to announce it at the Celebration."

Allen and Dryden stood there in shock. "Way to go Hitomi!" Dryden said giving me a slap on the back that nearly sent me headfirst into the floor. "Oops."

Allen merely said, "I guess Van won in the end. I'm glad." I was glad he didn't hold any grudges that I could see.

*~*~

The next day I woke up to find everyone gone. I finally ran into Van. He looked down at me and smiled in relief. "Hitomi, could you do me a favor and take Princess Aires down to the market and show her around?" he pretty much begged. "I would, but I have to stay here and greet the new royals as they come."

"Sure, Van," I said. He nodded to me and left abruptly. I reached my hand out to grab him, but it was too late. "I don't know the way." I decided to see if I could find her room like I did the Meeting room. I closed my eyes and fought to see Princess Aires. It came fast this time. Down the corridor, take a left, three doors down. I snapped my eyes open. Gotcha.

When I got to the door, I rapped lightly. She opened the door. "What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I'm the one who's going to show you around the town, if you want," I stated as politely as I could.

"I thought… Never mind. Well let's go," she walked out. I shut the door behind her. I shut my eyes to find the way out of the Palace. I slowly led her down to the Main Hall and out the door. I she was quite until we reached the Marketplace. "Show me to the richest seam mistress," Princess Aires ordered. What was I? Her personal handmaiden?

I shrugged it off. I led her to the only seam mistress I knew of: Charlene's. (A/n: it's the store with the green velvet material, I gave it a name ^^;;) We walked in to find the girls there already. They were being fitted for their gowns. Millerna had a purple gown, Merle with blue and Yukari with a cream color. I smiled and said a greeting that they returned. Princess Aires just looked around the shop, feeling different materials. She came across my green velvet {now made into a dress} and turned to the seam mistress. "I want this dress remade to fit me," she said.

"Sorry miss, that's being used already," the seam mistress replied going into the back room for more pins for the girls' gowns.

"By who? Only nobles would be able to buy it," Princess Aires scoffed.

"Hitomi's using it," Merle said.

"Who's Hitomi?" she asked.

"I am," I said.

"You! You're just a handmaiden!" Princess Aires stated. Well that answers my question of who she though I was.

"Quite wrong," Millerna said. "That is Hitomi Kanzaki, the savior of Gaea. She's not a handmaiden."

"Then why is she giving me a tour of the city?"

"Because Van wanted me to, he couldn't do it cause he had to greet the other royals coming in. He didn't want you to be bored," I explained.

She looked at me angered. "You should call Lord Van by his proper title!" she yelled.

"Van said that any of us could call him by his name," I said trying to explain but was failing miserably. Well, in all actuality, he never said it, but never told us to call him King or Lord Van.

"Take me to the Palace immediately!" Princess Aires said. I nodded my head and took her back to the castle. Once we got there, we saw Van with Prince Chid. "King Van!" She yelled to gain his attention.

Van looked up, puzzled. Chid also looked our way. He was about to send a greeting my way, but my face was telling him not to. "What's wrong Princess Aires?" Van asked.

"I must know! Did you really give this woman the right to call you by your first name?" She asked.

"Yes, I did. Why?" Van was still confused.

"I demand to be escorted to my room," Princess Aires declared.

"Well, as you can see, I'm dealing with other matters so please allow Mara to take you," he said, motioning to a girl. "Take Princess Aires to her room," he instructed. The girl nodded and bid Princess Aires to follow her.

"How did that come up?" Chid asked.

"I took her to the seam mistress and she wanted this particular type of material. The seam mistress said that was already in use and that I was the one who was using it. She thought I was a handmaiden, and while telling her I wasn't, I accidentally called Van just Van and she got mad. She ordered me to take you here, and well, you know the rest," I said.

"Geez, girls go crazy over dresses," Prince- no- Duke Chid said.

"I don't even see why she wanted that material. It would look way coolers on you," Yukari said from behind me. "Who's this?" She asked peering at Chid.

"This is Chid of the Duchy of Freid. Chid, this is my friend Yukari," I said.

"Hello!" Chid said, looking like the six year old he was.

"Aww. He's so kawaii!" Yukari said to me.

"Kawaii? What does kawaii mean?" Merle asked.

"Kawaii means cute," Amano said coming from the side that led from the swordplay practice area with Allen

Chid looked at him. I knew what he was thinking. "W-Who are you?" he asked in awe.

Amano looked at him. "My name's Amano. And your name's Chid, right sport?" he both answered and asked.

"Yeah, but if you know my name then why'd you call me sport?" Chid asked now the confused one.

Amano smacked his forehead. "Yeah get more brain damage!" I said. Everyone looked at me. I smiled. "What? You guys were picking on my last night."

"As I was going to say, before I got interrupted, on the Mystic Moon, older males call younger ones 'sport'," Amano said. Chid just nodded his head. Men, honestly.

"I'm going to go have breakfast, you people figure out what you're going to do and come and tell me," I said walking out of the room.

"You haven't had breakfast yet?" Van asked.

"Nope. You were the first thing I saw this morning."

"Oh sorry," Van said.

Yukari latched onto his arm. (A/n: if you ever watch any Tenchi's except Tenchi in Tokyo, you'll see Washu do this) "Vannie, darling. It's not sorry, it's too bad."

Millerna looked on to the scene with wide eyes. "Why? How?" she stuttered.

I just laughed. "Don't worry about it Millerna. She's just being a dork."

"Dork what's a dork?" Allen asked.

"It's… er… ah…" I didn't really know. I just use the term.

"It's an insult leave it at that okay?" Yukari said.

"If it's an insult why don't you care?" Van asked.

"It's something friends do on the Mystic Moon. We show affection by teasing and calling each other names," Amano said.

"Sounds dumb to me," Merle said. (A/n: me too, but I LIVE here .) "Anyway! Come on Hitomi! I almost forgot. The reason we came back is to get you for your fitting to see if the dress is perfect!"

"Wait I want to eat!" I said, resisting Merle's pull.

"No way! We don't want you to be fat in the dress now do we?" Yukari said as she and Millerna each grabbed one of my limbs and Merle grabbed two.

"I'm hungry though!" I half-yelled. "Van do something~g~g!" I yelled through the castle doors.

*~*~

I hadn't really gotten a good look at the dress earlier, but now I had. It was stunning. The whole basic design was the same as the one I wore in Austuria, but all green. The bottom was the same. The top was a bit different. The neckline was the same, although it didn't have a fringy/spiky collar. It had sleeves, too. At first I thought they were really long puffy sleeves, but then I realized they were long and had a slit down the side that showed my whole arm. The (*cough* for lack of better word) chest was green like the rest of it, but had gold vines like they said it would. I loved the dress. (You get all that peoples, Of course not)

I felt really stupid having everybody look at me from the stool I was standing on while I tried on the dress. They had all finished theirs and now it was my turn. Why'd I have to go last? The seam mistress quickly pinned it in all the places it needed and helped me on my way.

Next, Millerna dragged us to the shoe store. Who knew Fanelia had all these different stores? We all got our shoes and left. I didn't really see a point in even buying special shoes; the gown would cover it up. Oh well.

I never got to have my breakfast.

Okay Break time! This next section will be exactly one week from the day Hitomi got the news that JSC was going to Gaea

Continue. Do you think I have enough A/n's, tell me the truth? I do.

*~*~

The day before the Celebration, all the nobles arrived. Some countries only had one dignitary {mainly a prince or princess}; some had the Queen, King and all their children with them. I don't see how the palace could fit all that. Or how Van managed free time for all of us. Every now and then Millerna and Dryden would go see a friend. Chid mainly stayed with Allen and Amano (DUH!). Merle helped out around the castle acting like Van's personal assistant. Yukari and I just hung out.

Well on this day, I clashed with Princess Aires once again. I was in the {newly found for me} library looking at the book I had bought at the Marketplace. The book didn't have a name just a red book with gold outlining. I was looking at the pictures that were all clustered together in the middle when Princess Aires came in and snatched the book away. "You can't even read?" she sneered.

"Yes, I can. May I have my book back"? I asked.

"What do you mean you can? You are looking at a picture book!"

"It's only got pictures in the middle, the first and last part are stories!" I yelled. I wanted my book back.

"What's going on in here?" Van asked coming through the library doors.

Princess Aires quickly shoved the book into my lap. Why that little- "Nothing is the matter, Lord Van," Princess Aires said.

He looked from her, to me, and then the book in my lap. "Hitomi, where did you get that book?" he asked somewhat angrily.

"I got it at the Marketplace. Why?" I said. I bet Princess Aires was enjoying this.

"Follow me," Van ordered. I started to follow him, when he turned around. "Not you Princess. Just Hitomi."

"But I want to see also," she whined.

"No," and that was final. He led me down the hall, up the stairs, then up once more, down a corridor and stopped at a door. He opened the door to reveal a study or anti-chamber of sorts. To me it looked like a mini library with a messy desk. Van went up to one of the many shelves and grabbed a blue book similar to my own. "May I see your book?" he asked holding his hand out.

"Sure."

Van opened the book and leafed through it. He stopped at a certain part. "Hitomi. May I have this book?" he asked.

"What's so important about this book?" I asked.

"This book used to be part of the library. It's the Fanelian Royal Family History. Not Fanelia's, my family's."

I knew what he meant. My family had one too. My dad made sure he knew where his was at all times. "Sure. I didn't know what it was," I said.

"Well with a title less book, what can you expect?" he said grinning.

I walked around the room some more. "You would think that Van Fanel would be cleaner," I said.

"I assure you, if he had more time I'm sure his highness would clean up," Van replied. "Come on. Let's go."

(A/n: I haaaaaaaaaad to find a use for that darn book)

That night

*~*~

*Dream View*

I was running from someone. I was sure it was a person, not thing. I kept running, never tiring or slowing down.

I started to see people in the distance. I slowed down seeing them. Dryden, Chid, Amano, Allen, Merle, Millerna, Yukari, Umeko, Yoshiko. Not dead this time, just barely alive. I walked a bit faster. A gap came between the bodies of them and the others. I expected to see Celena and the Crusade. But instead I saw Taro, Ravi, Nero, and Dylan. They were dead. Where is Yasu? And why weren't Umeko and Yoshiko here?

When I finally stopped passing people I looked around for Van. "Hitomi! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" he asked running up to me. This was the Van I knew.

"I'm fine Van. Really," I heard myself say. I felt a presence behind me. I turned around and once again I saw a blade racing towards my chest. Van started to move in front of me. I held him in place.

"Hitomi!"

*Real View*

The whole gang was standing above me. "I didn't scream did I?" I whispered still under the covers.

"No. It seems though that we all had the feeling you were in trouble and came to check on you at the same time. Weird huh?" Yukari answered whispering also.

I nodded my head and started to lift myself up. Once I was up the covers slipped off of me. Everyone drew in a gasp. There right in the place my heart would be, a giant bloodstain. Forgetting the boys in the room, Millerna yanked my shirt off. "Hey~!" I yelled as best I could while whispering. The boys, thankfully, had the decency to turn around.

"There's no wound!" Millerna whispered.

"Whadya mean 'There's no wound!' There has to be one somewhere!" Merle hissed.

"Look for yourself." The girls did and none of them could find the wound.

"Hey look! The blood is disappearing!" Yukari said. Sure enough, the blood.

"How is this happening?" Van asked. He must have been really frustrated.

"If you guys would give me a chance to talk!" I said. They turned their attention towards me. "If I have a vision were I get bloody, I stay bloody for a while." (A/n: remember the Duke's vision with the red blood?)

"Well how did you get so hurt?" Allen asked.

"I had a dream were a sword was coming at me," I replied.

"You just said dream. You said only visions could do that," Dryden pointed out.

"And my Hitomi's visions are never off," Yukari said.

"Well this vision continues to change. At first all of you guys were dead. Now you're alive. In the first one, Celena and the Crusade were in it. Now they aren't. It's changing so I don't know what's going to happen," I said. "But I do know we all need our sleep tonight. Now GO!" I felt like I was herding little kids around.

*~*~ (Don't ask how she knows what rank these people are, most of them she's never met before)

I went back to sleep and woke up in the morning with the vision the last thing on my mind. Today was my birthday and the Celebration! I got on some clothes and went down to breakfast. There were a lot of people there, but still some empty seats. I sat in my normal seat right to the left of Van who sat at the head. Once all the chairs were filled, breakfast was served and everyone started to eat.

Amano, Yukari and I looked at each other and grinned. "All for one and one for all!" we shouted in Japanese and dug in. Not literally, we just started eating.

"What does that mean?" some prince from a country asked.

Amano swallowed the food in his mouth. "It means 'All for one and one for all' " he said this time in Gaea.

"And what does that mean?" a princess asked.

"It means everyone gets their fair share, no one gets more or less than the rest," Yukari said. (A/n: is that right? It's my interpretation of it)

"You three are from the Mystic Moon, correct?" a king asked. We nodded our heads. "I heard that one of you two girls is the savior of Gaea. What was her name? Oh, Hitomi?"

"That would be me, sir," I said. All conversation stopped, all eyes turned towards me. How many times must I go through this? It's not fair.

"Well I would like to say thank you on behalf of Bosram, little lady. And also Happy Birthday. It is today, right?" he asked.

"Yes, it's today," I said. I could feel my face was a nice shade of red.

"Would you mind telling us what it is like on the Mystic Moon?" a queen asked.

"Ah… Sure?" Yukari said. "What do you want to know?"

(For every question the answer is indented)

Is the place cursed?

No

Are the people civilized?

We are.

I heard no beast people live there. Do they?

No, only humans.

Someone told me the place didn't have dragons, is that so?

There are no dragons.

Then how do you activate your guymelefs?

We don't have guymelefs, we have guns. Oops.

What are guns?

Automatic arrows? (how would you describe that to Gaeans?)

And the questions went on and on until lunch came. We had lunch while the questioning was still going on and on. Amano, Yukari and I took turns answering questions and Van helped when he could.

After lunch was done, Van called it quits. Most of the princesses rushed out of their seats and told everyone they were going to their rooms to get ready. They needed five hours? (A/n: lunch~12-1, ball~6) Millerna clicked her tongue and stood up. She offered her arm to Yukari and me {which we took} and led us to the Palace Gardens.

We stayed there for a little over two hours, and then Millerna told us it was time to go change. The three of us looked for Merle, but she couldn't be found and I was too lazy to use to visions to find her. Us girls all grabbed our dresses and headed towards Millerna's room. We had chosen that room because it had two rooms instead of one. We kicked Dryden out of the room and started preparing.

MWHAHAHAHA I'm going to make you wait for the party.

Now, according to MY count, it has been three weeks and four days since they came to Gaea. And if not. GUESS WHAT!! IT IS!! My story, my rules.

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The Party

"You know, it wouldn't hurt to have to tell me I look nice."

"Everyone I would like to make an announcement…"

"Wha-What are you doing here? H-How?"

Now you just have to figure out who says what.

Give ya hint: NOT!