Disclaimer: I'm using the story and some of the personalities from the series. All original ideas are mine, but if my story reflects yours in a way i apologize in advance.

Chapter 3

Hitomi slowly got better with the reunion of Hitomi and Van. Van got a little better, well enough to take care of himself, but he was still weak.

"Van?" Hitomi asked at lunch.

"Yea?"

"I thought you had to run the kingdom."

"I should get back, but Allen will probably be running it for me. I want you to come with me, to Gaea."

"You know I'll try, but there are no guarentees." Hitomi said quietly. "My mom will probably try to come with us."

"That's alright. She can become a duchess or something like that. Where's you Dad though? She can't come if she doesn't have a husband, it would be a disgrace to the court." Van said thoughtfully.

"He left a while ago. Ran off with some weird teacher lady." Hitomi said quietly.

"Well, it doesn't matter then. She can be an ambassador or something. I don't really care. No one can find your history apart from what's being written in the Royal Libraries right now." Van said comfortingly. He put his hand on Hitomi's and gazed softly at her.

"I guess I can go then..." Hitomi said quietly. "But I still want to say goodbye to some people."

"Amano and Yukari?" Van said with a frown.

"Yes, along with some others. Just people I knew around the town and that helped my mom and me." Hitomi said poking Van playfully.

"Helped?" Van said disapprovingly again. The Hitomi he remembered had unearthly powers and a strange ability to work her way through anything without help.

Hitomi sighed and turned her eyes toward the window caught in a memory.

"When I came back, it was hard for Mom. I quit all the things I loved, which opened up some more money for us to live one, but I got sick."

Van wrapped an arm around her understandingly.

"From there, Mom sent me to doctors and surgeons to find out what was wrong. I knew i couldn't live with half a soul, but no one else knew that I was living with half of one." Hitomi leaned into Van's arms and sighed again.

"When will you be ready to leave?" Van asked quietly, afraid to ruin the mood.

"That depends on my mom." Hitomi answered quietly as she got up from the table.

"I'm going to go see Amano and Yukari, do you want to come?" she added hesitantly.

"Do you honestly think I would let you out of my sight?" Van demanded.

"Yes!" Hitomi said as she pushed Van back down into his chair.

"You're still sick, get some more rest and I'll be back in a little while"

Van scowled at Hitomi and hobbled over to Hitomi's room before collapsing on the bed, he couldn't keep this up much longer. He needed to be back home.

Hitomi peeked into the room before she left with a small bag and her almost deathly skinny wallet (A.N. anyone ever have a wallet like that?)

She walked happily down the street, enjoying the sunlight and singing birds, before glimpsing a small creature out of the corner of her eyes.

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-Blaze of the Phoenix-