Hey!! Sorry it's been so long since I updated, but my life has been VERY hectic lately. You don't wanna know!!

Thank you to all my reviews, both new and old, that are the only reason I even considered going on! Never thought I'd have a story that dragged on so!

I'll hurry up since you probably want to me to finish up with the story.

Warnings: Confusion may lie ahead, and hinted scenes.

The Day After My Wedding

I woke up as my first of hopefully many days in Van's giant bed. Van had already woken up and was leaning on his arm staring at me. That was strange. It'd definitely take some getting used to.

"Hey! The ponisium woke up!" Van exclaimed when he saw my eyes open.

"Ponisium?" I inquired.

"It's an animal here that pretends to be dead when its' in danger," Van explained.

Oh, a possum, I thought. "Aren't you supposed to be doing any 'kingly' duties right about now?"

Van's eyes widened a little and he looked down at me from his perch on his arm. "You think I would leave my darling, little, beautiful wife all alone the day after our wedding?" He paused while I nodded my head. "Jeez, do the men of the Mystic Moon really leave the day after their wedding?" (A/N: Isn't he a little suck up???)

"Some of the pigs there do," (that is soooo what I would say) "but I wasn't sure about you. What can we spend the day doing?" I asked.

"I have a few ideas," Van said pulling the sheets up over our heads.

*****

Once we finally got out of bed, Van and I got food before heading off for the bazaar. The usually empty-air market place was teeming with people. Van explained to me that yesterday no one was allowed to sell or buy anything in celebration of our wedding. To make up for their losses, the merchants were proclaiming to have amazing sales to draw people.

At first, we were allowed to be left in peaces since no one recognized us.

Then some one recognized us.

We never had a chance…

People came up to us with exclamations of congratulation, hand shakes, French bises (kisses on the cheek. I think I spelled that right) and slaps on the back. The people, merchants and patrons alike, swarmed around us.

I found an empty street and decided to make a try for it. Once I got out of the mass of people I turned around to say to Van: "That was an ad- Van? Where are you?!" The street that I was in was deserted. It wasn't even a street really, just an wide opening between two buildings with really dark alleys. Suddenly, a hand clasped my shoulder.

"Are you lost little girl?"

*****

*Normal POV* (this is what, the second time this has happened?)

Van, unlike Hitomi, immediately noticed when she had started to stray from his side. He tried to get back over to her, but the people just wouldn't let him. "Hitomi!" he yelled in a last resort effort to get her attention. But just as he feared, she didn't hear him and continued to walk slowly away.

Van didn't have a very good feeling about the situation. He knew that the people would come up to them to wish them a marry marriage (hey, that's kinda weird, marry marriage), but never had he imaged it to this extent.

Once the people finished congratulating him, Van used Hitomi's dousing method to find her in the bazaar or wherever she had wandered off to. He envisioned the pendant in his mind, willing it to swing in Hitomi's direction.

The pendant made one full circle before stopping pointing straight down. The pendant couldn't find her. "Wha-what's going on? Why can't I find her?" Van asked into the empty street. After trying a few more times Van resorted to running blindly through the countries capital looking for her.

***Next Day***

Umeko and Yoshiko were in shock (I got them in the story!!), Yukari was in tears, and Merle was the only one doing anything productive.

She was standing next to Van, murmuring reassurances to him that Hitomi would be found. He had searched all afternoon before getting the palace guards and telling them to search. They had alerted the citizens and had them help search for the missing queen.

Suddenly, a guard entered the sober room. Van looked up in hopes that Hitomi would follow him. His hopes were dashed when the soldier reported that no one had seen her. Everyone was positive she wasn't in the city.

"WELL LOOK OUTSIDE THE CITY! FIND HITOMI!" Yukari yelled at the guard.

He jumped a foot in the air before looking at his king for permission. "Go were you must! Find her!" he commanded. (ah… I love guys in command…)

~~~~A Week Later, In Another Part of Gaia~~~~

I woke up on a bed in a dark room. Not my own bed, nor Van's, or anyone else's I knew for that matter. That scared me, a lot. The room was dark, with only one candle lighting up the small room. The room was furnished with a bed, table, and two chairs.

The door opened and I looked over to see the last people I wanted to be alone in a room with. Yasu and Taro stood in the doorway. One was looking at me in disgust, the other with lust. Neither was a very comforting expression for my situation. "Well, well, well. Look what the kidnapper brought in," Taro said in perfect Gaian. Taro walked in and sat on one of the chairs. Yasu walked, not towards the chairs. Oh no, but towards the bed. I couldn't help myself and I started to shake. All that did was increase the lust visible in Yasu's eyes. (To be optimistic Hitomi look at it like this: you attract guys, more than I do!)

"Go away!"

Yasu smirked. "Don't worry. I wont' hurt you…yet. You will be the key to making my comrads and my victory complete.

"There is no war! And what comrads?"

"Oh! There is no war, is there? You don't know how long you've been sleeping! As we speak, Fanelia, Asturia, and Zaibach are at war!"

Well, that's not good, I thought.

Taro choose to speak up then. "The one thing I found out about this country {Zaibach} is that they carry a great hatred towards the rest of the world. They blame them for all their economical and political disasters! They hide the fact very well, perfectly in fact. Give them the weapons and a little push and they become the perfect tools for war! Even better, most are already vetran soldiers!" He smiled and cold shivers ran down my back.

"And since you were kind enough to get yourself get kidnapped by one of our men, you provided us with the perfect opportunity to attack," Yasu finished.

Everything locked into place. The wedding would have had the usual sentries that patrolled Fanelia back in the capital, allowing them access into the country unnoticed. When I got kidnapped, Van would have had the whole country in chaos looking for me. The best time to attack.

Damn. And allow me to recapitulate. Damn (I got that sentence/phrase from Nice by Jen Sacks)

~End Chapter

I said last time there would only be a few more chapters. And there will! Either two short/medium ones or one big long one to finish it off. Can't decide.