Chapter 2: Warnings
For Van, it too had been six long and heart breaking years. Although Van never showed it, he did miss Hitomi. From time to time, the young king would mentally beat himself up for letting her leave. He'd regret keeping his promise of getting her back home.
Fanelia was completely rebuilt and looked as beautiful as ever. No one would have ever guessed what devastation occurred to the beautiful country. No one now would ever suspect that the entire city had been burn to a crisp six years ago at the beginning of what would be later known as the destiny war.
Van was a grown man now, no longer a scrawny boy, but a nicely built man. Although he had grown physically, he still wore the same outfit he did when he had met a certain seeress six years ago. Yes he still wore beige pants and a short sleeve, red tunic.
Merle, like everyone else, grew up and bloomed into a beautiful young woman, well, cat woman. Her thick pink hair was long and straight but curly at the ends. She wore a short amber dress with leather shoulder straps.
Van was visiting Queen Millerna and King Dryden in Asturia. Merle, of course was with him. Merle always went with Van whenever he travelled. She had to make sure he didn't lose his temper and just to keep him in line. On one particular day during Van's visit, Millerna wanted to go down to the bazaar and insisted Van and Merle to come.
Millerna spent most of her time gawking over all the jewellery stands and making mental notes of which ones she would later drop hints to Dryden to buy her. Merle, unfortunately, got dragged around with Millerna while Van stood behind the two young women waiting for it to be over.
"Excuse me sir, would you like your fortune read?" a young, gypsy like woman asked.
"No, that's ok miss." Van replied as he turned away from her.
"Don't worry. It wont take that long to do Van." The woman answered. He turned around to face the woman. He got a strange feeling from her.
It wasn't odd that she knew his name; most people did since he was king of Fanelia and a hero of the Destiny War. But then it hit him, he was clad in a disguise to avoid being noticed or known. Merle had made the outfit which consisted of black pants, a long green tunic, a thick blue cape that was draped over his shoulders and to top it off, his hair had been slicked back.
"How did you know my name?" he asked suspiciously. The woman laughed at him. "What do you find so funny" he demanded while raise an eyebrow annoyed.
"Oh nothing, I know your name and I can see through your little costume because I am a fortune teller. I know the past, present and future. So, would you like me to read your fortune?" Van looked over to Millerna and Merle. It didn't seem like they'd be finished anytime soon so he shrugged and walked over to the woman.
"All right, tell me my future." He sighed as he sat down in front of the woman. She closed the curtains and took out a very ancient looking tarot deck. She placed the cards out on the table in the traditional Celtic cross spread and began to interpret them.
"Well, I see a reunion with a past lover, Hitomi I do believe is her name." Van's deep brown eyes widened. "I also see, jealously and conflict." The woman studied both the cards and Van's reactions carefully. "Your reunion with Hitomi will not be a good one. You will be angry and jealous." She noticed Van's angry expression on his face. "Shall I continue?" she asked.
"No thank you." Van said as he stood up and left.
"Are you sure!?" the woman called to him as he left.
"Well, I've heard all I need." Van said as he left. He was afraid to reunite with Hitomi again after what that woman had said.
Merle broke away from Millerna; she had had about enough of the queen. She needed to get away and spend some time with Van. She walked over to him and instantly noticed the sad expression on his face. "Van-sama, what's the matter?"
"It's nothing Merle." Van muttered and he continued to walk away from the fortuneteller.
The crisp night air blew gentle through Van's thick raven black hair. The smell of the ocean filled his nostrils and the sounds of waves crashing on the shore filled his ears. It was a tranquil night, both moons rested high in the clear sky. Van walked along the beach alone until he saw Hitomi standing alone, looking like she was waiting for someone. "Hitomi!" he yelled.
She turned around and looked at him for a while. She said nothing and just stared until a tall man with short wild brown hair and a very well built body ran over to her. The man embraced Hitomi, holding her gently in his strong arms. He bent his head down and placed a soft gentle kiss on her tender lips.
Van's heart was crushed. Hitomi broke the kiss and turned to Van. Her face looked different and she gave him an evil glare as she approached him. "Sorry Van, I just couldn't wait for you to show up. Sayonara." She said with a smirk.
"Hitomi!" he yelled again but she and everything else disappeared. Van jolted upright in his bed. Beads of sweat lined his forehead and dripped down his perfectly tanned skin. It was just a dream, he though, just a dream.
All Hitomi could think about that night was what the fortune-teller at the mall had told her. Yukari sensed something was wrong with Hitomi but she knew there was probably nothing she could do for her. The two went to bed and hoped for sweet dreams, but that's not what Hitomi got.
The crisp night air blew gentle through Hitomi's long, sandy blond hair. The smell of the ocean filled her nose and the sounds of waves crashing on the shore filled her ears. It was a tranquil night, the white moon shown brightly high in the clear sky. Hitomi walked along the beach alone until she saw Van standing alone, looking like he was waiting for someone.
"Van!" she yelled. He turned around and looked at her for a while. He said nothing and just stared until a very slender woman with long golden blond hair ran over to him. He held her in his arms and placed a gentle kiss on the woman's lips.
Hitomi could feel her heart fall apart. Van broke the kiss and turned to Hitomi. His face looked different and he gave her an evil glare as he approached her. "Sorry Hitomi, I couldn't wait for you to come back to Gaea. Bye…" He said with a slight smirk.
"Van!" Hitomi yelled again but he disappeared, as did everything else. She awoke with a cold sweat on her brow. Thank god. It was just a dream. Hitomi told herself. Just a dream . . .
"Your highness, the dream weavers have successfully completed their duties on making the dragon and the girl believe each other has moved on like you ordered." A young woman wearing a long midnight blue robe said as she knelt down in front of a tall slender woman. Her skin was as pale as the whitest snow and her hair was as dark as the night.
"Good work my faithful servant. This is just too easy!" she laughed.
A/N: I made a mistake in the last chapter. It's nothing big though. I accidentally put 15 more chaps left when really it was 14 left. Well ya, any ways, hoped you guys are enjoying this newer version of the fic so far. Man, the original really sucked! I can't believe I actually wrote that! lol! Well I did write it 2 yrs ago and I was new at writing….so I guess that justifies it.
