After coughing a few times, Van slowly got off the ground from where he had
been laying for the past few minutes. He looked around and found himself in
a lively forest. The sun shot down on him hard and he squinted to get a
better look around the place.
"Where am I? How did I get here? This isn't the forest that I was just in. Where the hell did Yuki go? I'll strangle her as soon as I find out what she just did to me," said Van with a scowl on his face.
"Calm down young man. I am right here so there is no need to yell. Do not worry about the setting. This is merely an image of the future playing in your mind. This is how I get my business done in showing people fortunes. No need to freak out about it though. I did tell you that you might see some strange things should you go through with this, did I not?" asked Yuki looking at Van for an answer.
"Yeah, you did. I didn't freak out though. I was merely startled by the sudden change of scenery. That is all that had happened just a moment ago," said Van putting on a tough look.
"Uh huh. Yeah right. You didn't freak out. I guess that is why you threatened to hurt me," said Yuki not believing a word that Van had just spoken. She knew it when Van blushed from embarrassment. Yuki smirked and then disappeared from view.
"Hey! Wait a minute. Where the hell are you going? Aren't you going to show me my future?" yelled Van hoping that she was listening but nothing came back. He then slouched down in defeat. "Great! I am out hereby myself. Oh well. Might as well take a look around," said Van standing up.
He started to walk in one direction but stopped when he heard a noise coming in his direction. It sounded like a zoid to Van. He turned his head just in time to see the blade liger calmly walking in his direction. He tried to walk out of the way so that he wouldn't be trampled by it but he tripped over a rock and fell to the grounded.
"AHHHHHH!" yelled Van as the foot of the blade liger started to come down on him. his eyes shut tightly as he waited for the pain to come. Strangely enough, it didn't come. Van slowly opened his eyes to see the blade liger already walking away.
"You can't get hurt in this world," Van heard the voice of Yuki tell him from no place that he could see. It was then gone a few moments later. Van didn't know what to make of it.
"That was a little weird," Van said to himself. "What the heck is Fiona doing? Didn't she see me here?" Van asked with confusion in his voice. Something then suddenly dropped on his head.
"I told you that this isn't the real world and that they can't see you. You are very ignorant of what anyone says aren't you? By the way, before you try to talk to anyone, they can't see you. Also just know that while they can't hurt you, it doesn't mean that I can't," said Yuki as a disembodied voice.
"Ok," said Van before walking in the direction again. He was currently rubbing his sore head where the object was dropped upon him. "Man! She didn't have to do something that hurt that much," said Van rubbing his head.
He continued to walk for a number of more minutes until he came upon a small house by a small lake. Off in the distance he could see a small town that wasn't too far away. it was probably only a fifteen minute walk from the house.
"Whoever lives here has a very nice place. I wonder if it has anything to do with my fortune," said Van as he looked around but the place was completely empty of any occupants. The sound of the blade liger caught his ear again and he looked and saw it approaching him.
The blade liger came to a stop a few feet away from Van, Van looked up to see the cockpit to the blade liger open up but no one came out of it. "What's going on where is the pilot?" asked Van seeing no one coming out of it.
His answer was answered a moment later when a man stood up in the cockpit of the blade liger. Van was surprised because the man looked exactly like him only a little bit older.
The man stood up but he didn't make a move to get out of the cockpit. There was a bright smile on his face as he felt the wind blow past his face. He then looked down to where the back seat would have been and a lady also stood up from it.
"Fiona! That is Fiona and me? I don't get it," muttered Van as he watched the other him to Fiona into his arms and passionately kiss her. Van couldn't help but show his astonishment as he watched the scene unfold.
The other him then picked Fiona up in his arms and then hopped out of the cockpit and landed flawlessly on the ground. There was a bright and happy smile on both of their faces. The other him then leaned down and kissed Fiona once again.
"We are here my lovely bride," said the other Van to Fiona who was positively beaming. She looked very beautiful at that moment. Her cheeks lightly flushed with a smile on her face while she leaned into the other Van's shoulder. She was wearing a white dress with her hair in its usual style only it was a bit curled at that moment.
Van couldn't help but let his jaw drop right to the ground as soon as he heard that. "W-w-w-we're married?" stuttered Van in amazement. He managed to pick his jaw up so that he could listen to even more of it.
"I guess you are right my darling husband. What should we do now that we are here?" asked Fiona with a sly grin on her face. Van had an idea that he knew what was going to be coming.
"Well let's see. We are married, all alone in this lovely house all by ourselves. What about children? How long before we can have a few of them running around this place making some noise?" asked Van with a huge grin plastered onto his face.
"Oh, I don't know. How long do you think it will take us to get inside?" asked Fiona with a light blush on her face. She seemed positively happy though with all that was happening.
Now the grin that was on Van's face only broadened. "Oh I don't know. Maybe like thirty seconds. Faster if I run," said Van with a grin as he broke out into a sprint towards the house.
Van was now left standing speechless with a blush crossing his face after he had heard all of what had been said. Even after they had gone inside he stayed still remaining speechless.
"Didn't expect that, did you?" asked Yuki suddenly appeared from out of nowhere. She nearly laugh when she saw how high Van jumped upon seeing her sudden appearance.
Van ignored her and turned to look at the house but he saw something that surprised him. What he saw was himself staring in the direct direction in which they were standing with a smile on his face.
"Didn't you say that they couldn't see us? Because I am looking right in our direction," said Van but to him it didn't really make to much sense to say that he was looking at the two of them if he was right there yet he was in the house at the same time.
"A memory probably. He might remember this little encounter so he remembers that we might be here. It would make sense but something like this hasn't really happened to me before. Usually people just forget about little old me when I am through with them and then they go on with their lives," said Yuki with a small from but it quickly turned into a smile. "Such a happy little scene I must say. However, I am not done with you yet. What you are about to see next might help you decide on how you want the future to go. It may not involve you but it is good to help you decide," said Yuki with a smile on her face.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Van but he wasn't able to get an answer as everything started to get disoriented all around Van. The place started to go dark and he felt himself falling into the unknown.
*****
A thud was heard as Van to the ground of a new unknown place. He didn't really know where he was at immediately when he picked up his head. He appeared to be in the middle of a road though. After standing up and looking around the place, it looked like he was in a small town. There were many houses all around him, all of them were nice houses. 'None of them compare to the one that I just saw,' thought Van with a grin.
"There is one house in particular that you should look at Van. It is that one over there," said Yuki appearing next to him but this time she didn't startle him. She pointed in the direction of a decent sized house.
"Why? What is in there?" asked Van as he got off the ground and dusted himself off. He then walked in the direction of the house that Yuki kept on pointing to. For some reason he didn't have a very good feeling about it.
"It is what it has caused," said Yuki as she caught up to Van. They reached the house but neither of them decide to go up to it. Yuki just remained right next to Van and didn't speak. She knew what Van was about to say though.
"What are you talking about but saying, 'it is what it has cause'? What is it, and what was the cause of it?" asked Van with confusion of what Yuki had just said to him. It didn't make much sense.
"A broken soul. Something longing for something yet knowing it is far beyond their reach," said Yuki in a quiet voice as she took a step towards the door with a sad look on her face. "Not too long ago in this timeline something occurred and this person has suffered because of it," said Yuki taking another step towards the door.
"What happened? What was the event that cause this to happen?" asked Van with a confused look on his face. All that Yuki had been saying made little to no sense to him at the moment.
"You will find out in a moment. Follow me if you wish to know. Just stay there if you would rather we stop all of this and just go back to reality with little knowledge to help you find an answer," said Yuki as she walked right through the door.
"What answers? What the heck are you talking about?" yelled Van after her but she didn't respond. Van grumbled a little saying, "Forget it Van. She won't tell you anything." Before he walked towards the door after her.
He reached the door and reached out but he just fell right through it. The room was very quiet and Yuki was nowhere in sight. There was a nice smell of food in the air though. Van decided to just follow his nose and it led him to the kitchen where he saw a lone figure, a lone figure of Fiona.
"Fiona is the one to live here? I thought that we got married," said Van as he watched Fiona cooking something over the hot stove. "I don't get what is going on," said Van with a sigh.
"This is a completely different timeline Van. What you saw before and what is happening now are two paths that originally came from one. An event in time separated them and this is what one of the path leads down. What you saw before is where the other path led," said Yuki once she walked up from behind Van.
Ignoring her sudden reappearance from out of nowhere. Van just talked like she had never disappeared. "What was that event that cause this to happen?" asked Van hoping that this time she would answer.
Yuki just decided to just answer him with a very simple answer. All that she decided to say to him was, "An argument,' before she was quiet once again and none of the two spoke a word after that.
Van just watched as this Fiona cooked something with a small smile on her face. Van knew there was something wrong with that smile however. Suddenly the smile dropped from her face and a tear suddenly fell from her face in its place. Her shoulders shook as she leaned over the counter of the kitchen.
'She's crying?' thought Van with a frown. 'Why is she crying?' Van asked himself as he approached the crying Fiona. "Why is she by herself? Someone like her should have an easy time of finding someone to be with, yet she is alone. Why is that? Anyone would be lucky to have someone like her," said Van in a quiet voice.
"She could have yet she didn't want anyone else. She has had her heart set for a while. You just chose to ignore it most of the time. Now the two of you have gone in separate directions and she is by herself. She then watched as Van reached out and attempt to comfort her. "It will do you no good Van to try and comfort her. She can't see, hear, or feel you. You are just a viewer. It does you no good to try something like that," said Yuki with a sad look on her face.
Van ignored her and held his hand up where her shoulder would be if this were real. He was startled though when Fiona seemed to suddenly jump as if she had actually felt it. She turned around and to her it was that she didn't see anyone.
"How is that even possible? She should not have been able to feel you. She also knows nothing about what is going on at the moment so it would be impossible for her to know that you did that," said a surprised Yuki as she watched a sad Fiona turned back around with a sad look on her face. 'Something like this should not have been possible unless. Yes, that has to be it. Something like this has happened before and it is kind of ironic as to who it happened to now,' thought Yuki with a smile on her face.
"What would it mean then?" asked Van with a confused look on his face. 'If Yuki is right then why is it that Fiona was able to feel that I am here with she can't see, hear, or feel me?' Van asked himself.
"A very strong emotion. More than likely it is something along the lines of love. It could have created some sort of link with you. One where she can feel your presence even if you can't be seen or heard. It has happened once before and I was able to see what will happen till the end of their days. The two were very happy. They married, had children, and lived happily until they both died," said Yuki with a smirk on her face.
Van had a suspicion that he might know what she was talking but put it aside when he heard something coming from Fiona. He turned back to her to see her walk to a chair and sit down in it. She then put her face in her hands and she started to cry again. Van could hear her say one word, "Van," before everything around him started to spin again. He then found himself falling once again into the unknown. He wanted to know what was next.
"Nothing Van. It is now over. You have all the knowledge you need to make the right choice in the future, but you need to work with what is happening right now," came Yuki's voice as Van continued to fall until he was engulfed by total darkness.
"Where am I? How did I get here? This isn't the forest that I was just in. Where the hell did Yuki go? I'll strangle her as soon as I find out what she just did to me," said Van with a scowl on his face.
"Calm down young man. I am right here so there is no need to yell. Do not worry about the setting. This is merely an image of the future playing in your mind. This is how I get my business done in showing people fortunes. No need to freak out about it though. I did tell you that you might see some strange things should you go through with this, did I not?" asked Yuki looking at Van for an answer.
"Yeah, you did. I didn't freak out though. I was merely startled by the sudden change of scenery. That is all that had happened just a moment ago," said Van putting on a tough look.
"Uh huh. Yeah right. You didn't freak out. I guess that is why you threatened to hurt me," said Yuki not believing a word that Van had just spoken. She knew it when Van blushed from embarrassment. Yuki smirked and then disappeared from view.
"Hey! Wait a minute. Where the hell are you going? Aren't you going to show me my future?" yelled Van hoping that she was listening but nothing came back. He then slouched down in defeat. "Great! I am out hereby myself. Oh well. Might as well take a look around," said Van standing up.
He started to walk in one direction but stopped when he heard a noise coming in his direction. It sounded like a zoid to Van. He turned his head just in time to see the blade liger calmly walking in his direction. He tried to walk out of the way so that he wouldn't be trampled by it but he tripped over a rock and fell to the grounded.
"AHHHHHH!" yelled Van as the foot of the blade liger started to come down on him. his eyes shut tightly as he waited for the pain to come. Strangely enough, it didn't come. Van slowly opened his eyes to see the blade liger already walking away.
"You can't get hurt in this world," Van heard the voice of Yuki tell him from no place that he could see. It was then gone a few moments later. Van didn't know what to make of it.
"That was a little weird," Van said to himself. "What the heck is Fiona doing? Didn't she see me here?" Van asked with confusion in his voice. Something then suddenly dropped on his head.
"I told you that this isn't the real world and that they can't see you. You are very ignorant of what anyone says aren't you? By the way, before you try to talk to anyone, they can't see you. Also just know that while they can't hurt you, it doesn't mean that I can't," said Yuki as a disembodied voice.
"Ok," said Van before walking in the direction again. He was currently rubbing his sore head where the object was dropped upon him. "Man! She didn't have to do something that hurt that much," said Van rubbing his head.
He continued to walk for a number of more minutes until he came upon a small house by a small lake. Off in the distance he could see a small town that wasn't too far away. it was probably only a fifteen minute walk from the house.
"Whoever lives here has a very nice place. I wonder if it has anything to do with my fortune," said Van as he looked around but the place was completely empty of any occupants. The sound of the blade liger caught his ear again and he looked and saw it approaching him.
The blade liger came to a stop a few feet away from Van, Van looked up to see the cockpit to the blade liger open up but no one came out of it. "What's going on where is the pilot?" asked Van seeing no one coming out of it.
His answer was answered a moment later when a man stood up in the cockpit of the blade liger. Van was surprised because the man looked exactly like him only a little bit older.
The man stood up but he didn't make a move to get out of the cockpit. There was a bright smile on his face as he felt the wind blow past his face. He then looked down to where the back seat would have been and a lady also stood up from it.
"Fiona! That is Fiona and me? I don't get it," muttered Van as he watched the other him to Fiona into his arms and passionately kiss her. Van couldn't help but show his astonishment as he watched the scene unfold.
The other him then picked Fiona up in his arms and then hopped out of the cockpit and landed flawlessly on the ground. There was a bright and happy smile on both of their faces. The other him then leaned down and kissed Fiona once again.
"We are here my lovely bride," said the other Van to Fiona who was positively beaming. She looked very beautiful at that moment. Her cheeks lightly flushed with a smile on her face while she leaned into the other Van's shoulder. She was wearing a white dress with her hair in its usual style only it was a bit curled at that moment.
Van couldn't help but let his jaw drop right to the ground as soon as he heard that. "W-w-w-we're married?" stuttered Van in amazement. He managed to pick his jaw up so that he could listen to even more of it.
"I guess you are right my darling husband. What should we do now that we are here?" asked Fiona with a sly grin on her face. Van had an idea that he knew what was going to be coming.
"Well let's see. We are married, all alone in this lovely house all by ourselves. What about children? How long before we can have a few of them running around this place making some noise?" asked Van with a huge grin plastered onto his face.
"Oh, I don't know. How long do you think it will take us to get inside?" asked Fiona with a light blush on her face. She seemed positively happy though with all that was happening.
Now the grin that was on Van's face only broadened. "Oh I don't know. Maybe like thirty seconds. Faster if I run," said Van with a grin as he broke out into a sprint towards the house.
Van was now left standing speechless with a blush crossing his face after he had heard all of what had been said. Even after they had gone inside he stayed still remaining speechless.
"Didn't expect that, did you?" asked Yuki suddenly appeared from out of nowhere. She nearly laugh when she saw how high Van jumped upon seeing her sudden appearance.
Van ignored her and turned to look at the house but he saw something that surprised him. What he saw was himself staring in the direct direction in which they were standing with a smile on his face.
"Didn't you say that they couldn't see us? Because I am looking right in our direction," said Van but to him it didn't really make to much sense to say that he was looking at the two of them if he was right there yet he was in the house at the same time.
"A memory probably. He might remember this little encounter so he remembers that we might be here. It would make sense but something like this hasn't really happened to me before. Usually people just forget about little old me when I am through with them and then they go on with their lives," said Yuki with a small from but it quickly turned into a smile. "Such a happy little scene I must say. However, I am not done with you yet. What you are about to see next might help you decide on how you want the future to go. It may not involve you but it is good to help you decide," said Yuki with a smile on her face.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Van but he wasn't able to get an answer as everything started to get disoriented all around Van. The place started to go dark and he felt himself falling into the unknown.
*****
A thud was heard as Van to the ground of a new unknown place. He didn't really know where he was at immediately when he picked up his head. He appeared to be in the middle of a road though. After standing up and looking around the place, it looked like he was in a small town. There were many houses all around him, all of them were nice houses. 'None of them compare to the one that I just saw,' thought Van with a grin.
"There is one house in particular that you should look at Van. It is that one over there," said Yuki appearing next to him but this time she didn't startle him. She pointed in the direction of a decent sized house.
"Why? What is in there?" asked Van as he got off the ground and dusted himself off. He then walked in the direction of the house that Yuki kept on pointing to. For some reason he didn't have a very good feeling about it.
"It is what it has caused," said Yuki as she caught up to Van. They reached the house but neither of them decide to go up to it. Yuki just remained right next to Van and didn't speak. She knew what Van was about to say though.
"What are you talking about but saying, 'it is what it has cause'? What is it, and what was the cause of it?" asked Van with confusion of what Yuki had just said to him. It didn't make much sense.
"A broken soul. Something longing for something yet knowing it is far beyond their reach," said Yuki in a quiet voice as she took a step towards the door with a sad look on her face. "Not too long ago in this timeline something occurred and this person has suffered because of it," said Yuki taking another step towards the door.
"What happened? What was the event that cause this to happen?" asked Van with a confused look on his face. All that Yuki had been saying made little to no sense to him at the moment.
"You will find out in a moment. Follow me if you wish to know. Just stay there if you would rather we stop all of this and just go back to reality with little knowledge to help you find an answer," said Yuki as she walked right through the door.
"What answers? What the heck are you talking about?" yelled Van after her but she didn't respond. Van grumbled a little saying, "Forget it Van. She won't tell you anything." Before he walked towards the door after her.
He reached the door and reached out but he just fell right through it. The room was very quiet and Yuki was nowhere in sight. There was a nice smell of food in the air though. Van decided to just follow his nose and it led him to the kitchen where he saw a lone figure, a lone figure of Fiona.
"Fiona is the one to live here? I thought that we got married," said Van as he watched Fiona cooking something over the hot stove. "I don't get what is going on," said Van with a sigh.
"This is a completely different timeline Van. What you saw before and what is happening now are two paths that originally came from one. An event in time separated them and this is what one of the path leads down. What you saw before is where the other path led," said Yuki once she walked up from behind Van.
Ignoring her sudden reappearance from out of nowhere. Van just talked like she had never disappeared. "What was that event that cause this to happen?" asked Van hoping that this time she would answer.
Yuki just decided to just answer him with a very simple answer. All that she decided to say to him was, "An argument,' before she was quiet once again and none of the two spoke a word after that.
Van just watched as this Fiona cooked something with a small smile on her face. Van knew there was something wrong with that smile however. Suddenly the smile dropped from her face and a tear suddenly fell from her face in its place. Her shoulders shook as she leaned over the counter of the kitchen.
'She's crying?' thought Van with a frown. 'Why is she crying?' Van asked himself as he approached the crying Fiona. "Why is she by herself? Someone like her should have an easy time of finding someone to be with, yet she is alone. Why is that? Anyone would be lucky to have someone like her," said Van in a quiet voice.
"She could have yet she didn't want anyone else. She has had her heart set for a while. You just chose to ignore it most of the time. Now the two of you have gone in separate directions and she is by herself. She then watched as Van reached out and attempt to comfort her. "It will do you no good Van to try and comfort her. She can't see, hear, or feel you. You are just a viewer. It does you no good to try something like that," said Yuki with a sad look on her face.
Van ignored her and held his hand up where her shoulder would be if this were real. He was startled though when Fiona seemed to suddenly jump as if she had actually felt it. She turned around and to her it was that she didn't see anyone.
"How is that even possible? She should not have been able to feel you. She also knows nothing about what is going on at the moment so it would be impossible for her to know that you did that," said a surprised Yuki as she watched a sad Fiona turned back around with a sad look on her face. 'Something like this should not have been possible unless. Yes, that has to be it. Something like this has happened before and it is kind of ironic as to who it happened to now,' thought Yuki with a smile on her face.
"What would it mean then?" asked Van with a confused look on his face. 'If Yuki is right then why is it that Fiona was able to feel that I am here with she can't see, hear, or feel me?' Van asked himself.
"A very strong emotion. More than likely it is something along the lines of love. It could have created some sort of link with you. One where she can feel your presence even if you can't be seen or heard. It has happened once before and I was able to see what will happen till the end of their days. The two were very happy. They married, had children, and lived happily until they both died," said Yuki with a smirk on her face.
Van had a suspicion that he might know what she was talking but put it aside when he heard something coming from Fiona. He turned back to her to see her walk to a chair and sit down in it. She then put her face in her hands and she started to cry again. Van could hear her say one word, "Van," before everything around him started to spin again. He then found himself falling once again into the unknown. He wanted to know what was next.
"Nothing Van. It is now over. You have all the knowledge you need to make the right choice in the future, but you need to work with what is happening right now," came Yuki's voice as Van continued to fall until he was engulfed by total darkness.
