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Chapter 7

 A few days had gone by and, it was finally  time to go on the long awaited  journey to Japan. Hitomi had spent the last few days packing a suit case as well as writing letters to friends back home. She had gotten to know many of the people in the mansion relatively well and they had all seemed to like her. She also spent some time writing in her poem book. She wanted to have a good poem to show Van when he would ask her to let him see the work that she so often talked about. Hitomi was totally thrilled about the trip. She had never really gotten to see what happens behind the scenes of a tour and she  knew that now, she would be able to find out everything about the past.

            It was early morning and, Hitomi was awake before most everyone. She got up and got dressed. She checked over her suitcase to make sure that everything was there and then, went down stairs to have a bit of breakfast. They would be boarding Van's private jet at 2:00 P.M that day and, she knew that soon, things around the mansion were going to get very hectic. She looked out the large window in the dining room and couldn't believe her eyes. There were reporters already lined up outside to see the young musician off as well as more than likely, trying to pry a bunch of information out of him. Hitomi had seen press before and knew how they acted. She hated them and hated how most of them reported false information, just to get higher ratings in magazines or during television broadcasts. She knew their motto, the more roomers, the better. This made Hitomi a bit nervous. She didn't want to cramp Van's style and, she felt that if the press saw her with him, they may think something about the two. She could hear it now. Van Fannel dates ugly little small town girl who murders father.

            Hitomi shifted her gaze from the window to see who  she had heard  approaching her. She saw Folcan who looked quite tired.

            "Good morning Folcan. I trust that you didn't sleep well ha?"

            "No not really, been really busy with things. I had to do all the paper work for security and all that stuff so, I hardly got a wink of sleep. This is worth it though, I love to see my brother happy. I just wish that he would wake the hell up."

            Hitomi could see the look of annoyance flashing across Folcan's face. She had a  brilliant idea brooing in her head.

            "Well Folcan, if  you wanted me to, I could go wake him for you? I have a brilliant idea. I am going to give him the Yukari treatment."

            Hitomi had told Folcan a lot about the girl she considered to be her best friend. For one, Folcan enjoyed hearing about Yukari and secondly, it made Hitomi feel good to tell the stories. It made her miss her friend less. Folcan had figured that what ever the Yukari treatment was, it was sure to be interesting.

            "What's that?"

            "Well, if your that curious, come upstairs with me and watch."

            Folcan's curiosity was killing him. He waited for Hitomi to finish her meal and they then, made their way up to Van's room. Hitomi checked the door to see if it was locked and it wasn't. She opened it quietly and crept inside the room. She scanned the room, looking for  a good place to hide. She had instructed Folcan to get a pillow as well as her make up bag and some water. He came back with the items and a big smile on his face. She moved in to her hiding place and began her brilliant little plan. She launched the pillow toward Van. It hit him square on the head. He groaned in annoyance.

            "mmm… Who was that! Can't I sleep?"

            Hitomi approached the bed and struck  him with the pillow again. The next thing she did shocked both Folcan and Van. She lifted the blankets half way down his topless body and leaned in toward him. She poked and tickled  his chest as well as at the same time, was singing a little song rather loudly in his ear. The song went like this.

            "?Good morning sunshine. It's time to greet the day. Good morning sunshine. Don't sleep the  day away. You have lots to do, people are waiting for you. Good morning sunshine, time to greet the day.

            After she had finished her song, Van sat up. He looked quite perturbed but couldn't help but laugh.

            "Who's idea was this?"

            Hitomi smiled innocently at him.

            "Oh, it was yours. Well missy, I'll get you for this. Van suddenly spotted the water and the make up case. He felt  quite panicked and  nervous. He knew what make up cases in the morning meant.

            "What's with the  make up and the water?"

            "Well you see, if you hadn't have woken up from my little song, I was going to give you a little make over and then wake you up with a bit of a splash."

            "Well, thank goodness I woke up  I guess."

            Folcan giggled from the outer part of the room. Van was shocked.

            "Were you  in on this to?"

            "Well, not exactly. I just wanted to see how Ms. Kanzaki was going to wake  you up. I told her it was a difficult task but, she refused to listen to me. I thought you would have like thrown the pillow back at her anyway and you didn't. Are you loosing your touch brother?"

            "No not exactly."

            "Oh and did I mention, I was the one who brought the water and make up? I think that if you don't get up and put a shirt on soon, we might just have to give you that make over. You do realize that today you're leaving for Japan and there's already press gathering  outside. I'm sure they would get a thrill out of seeing you in make up."

            Van had practically missed the last part of Folcan's rant because, he had realized his indecent state. He blushed deep red and tried to hide himself by pulling the blankets back up  over his uncovered  chest. Hitomi all of a sudden felt uncomfortable because, she had been looking at his sexy chest. She hoped that his blushing wasn't from her staring. That's when she had all of a sudden realized something. He had  been the first guy that she had stared at in over a year. Was she beginning to have feelings for the handsome heart throb? She wasn't quite sure but her first instinct now was to run out of there and hide in her room until she was called for. She decided to just do that. She made up the excuse that she had to look over her things and quickly left the room. When she had left, Van and Folcan sat there talking.

            "Van? Did you see the look on her face?"

            "No actually, I didn't realize I was topless."

            "Well, when she had saw you like that, she got all read and her eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head. You know that's probably why she left. I think you embarrassed her."

            "Well, that makes us even, she embarrassed me to. Look, I have to get ready now. I still need to eat and shower. You guys have to start loading soon and when I finish with the prying session, I will come help. Maybe you could sorta watch out for Hitomi while I'm busy? I just don't want her thinking that I don't care for her and stuff. I know today will be busy for me but I'm sure things will calm when we get to Japan."

            "Yeah Van, I'll watch the girl. I told you this was going to be a crazy idea. I really think Melirna doesn't like this."

            "You know  what?"

            "What?"

            "that's partly why I'm doing it. I want to piss the bitch off."

            "Good for you. I remember the way she treated Sora. Stupid evil woman."

            Wit that, Folcan let himself out of Van's room and also went to prepare for the long journey ahead.

            Van rose from his bed and gathered some clothes. He made his way to the washroom and, took a hot shower. After his shower, he went downstairs to have some breakfast before having to go out there and deal with the press that had gathered outside. By this time, it was already 11:30 and soon, they would have to start the trip to the airport. Hitomi was helping Folcan load up the truck for the flight ahead. On the contrary, Melirna  was sitting quietly, watching them to make sure they did everything just so. She never had to do anything, she was daddy's little girl and, she always told Van and Folcan that it wasn't in her job description to go lugging bags around. Hitomi had spotted her just watching and she couldn't help but say something. During the few days that she had been staying with Van, she noticed how Melirna never had  to do anything. It was really getting on her nerves and now, manager or not manager, she was going to say how she felt to the prissy girl.

            "Hey! Don't you think you could at least give us a little help here? You do know that, lifting bags really isn't that difficult. Oh wait, I forgot you don't want to break your perfect little nails do you?"

            Melirna walked up to Hitomi who had been holding one of her suitcases. She scowled and said, "Who do you think you are telling me what to do? You must forget who you're dealing with."

            "Well, not exactly, I know who you are. You're that prissy little manager of Van's who never gives him a break and always has to be perfect. That's really annoying you know and if you don't help us right now, I'm going to throw this suitcase, with all your pretty possessions in it, in to the river."

            Melirna wanted to hit Hitomi but she knew that if she did that, her father would be sure to find out and, he would be very upset. She didn't want to upset him. She wanted to keep her job. Melirna quickly grabbed the suitcase out of Hitomi's hands and  began to help both she and Folcan with the rest of the loading. While they had been loading, Van had been in the press room, having his very much unwanted press conference. One of the reporters had noticed Hitomi working with Folcan and, asked the one  question that Van didn't want to answer.

            "Who is that girl that's living here and, are you or Folcan dating her?"

            Van froze for a quick second. A look of uncertainty flashed across his face. He hoped and prayed that no one had noticed it. He tried his best to answer the question with out having to bring poor Hitomi in to his crazy world of fame.

            "Ms. Kanzaki is well, she's a friend of ours. We flew her in for a while to see us. Neither Folcan or I are dating the young lady."

            "Would you ever date her?"

            Again Van was taken back.  These were questions that he didn't want to answer but, he knew that if he didn't, the press would start spreading roomers about he and Hitomi."

            "No, I wouldn't want to date Ms. Kanzaki. We have been friends for too long to start a real relationship."

            Some of the members of the press were scribbling notes in their pads and, Van was afraid of what they would come up with. The  conference lasted for about 45 minutes and by the time Van had finished, he was rather tired from the whole ordeal. He walked outside to see how the loading was going. He had noticed that it was almost finished. When Van had  noticed  Melirna working, he nearly took a heart attack. He would find out how this happened, after he helped load some things to. When Hitomi had told him about what she had said to Melirna, Van was amazed. He didn't think someone could actually make that woman do something she never wanted to do. After all of the loading was finished, the group went to have some lunch. After lunch, they would begin   the long trip to Japan.

            They had been driving for a while when finally, they reached the airport. Hitomi had noticed something different. She didn't quite remember this part of it and wondered what was going on. Van had explained to her that, he had his own area for landings and take offs. She was astonished by this. What astonished her more was, the private jet that waited for her to board. It said Van Fannel on the side of it, painted in large gold letters. She helped load some of the luggage and made her way on to the plane that seemed to have everything. IT looked like a house. There was a small kitchen, TV area and a few beds for people to sleep in. She decided to sit on the couch in the TV area and read. Van and warned her that this was going to be a long trip. He had also decided to do the same thing while Folcan and Melirna decided to take a nap. Folcan hadn't slept well and, Melirna was drained from the first amounts of real work that she had done in years. Both Van and Hitomi sat there, reading and watching a romantique movie on TV. Hitomi decided to close her book and make conversation with Van.

            "Well, what do you think of the movie? I noticed you sitting here watching it."

            "Well, I'm not watching it for leisure, I want to make sure that I do well when I start shooting my own movie."

            "How are you feeling about that? If I were you, I would be so nervous."

            "To be honest with you, I would much rather be singing but, what can ya do I guess."

            Van looked at Hitomi and smiled. They had been talking for the last 2 hours and, he felt like he was getting to know her very well. It had been 4 hours since they had been in the air and he could see that the young girl was starting to fall tired. Both of the bunks were taken so, Van did something that he never thought he would offer to do.

            "Hitomi, are you tired?"

            "A bit but, I don't want to wake up Folcan or Melirna. I'll just sit here. If I close my eyes, I close my eyes. I don't mind sleeping sitting up. I've done it before."

            Van wasn't going to let her do that. He knew that all the pillows had currently been taken  as well so, he took Hitomi's head in his hands. He laid her head down on his shoulder and said, "Close your eyes, there's still a while to go."

            "Hitomi was taken back by his statement and, didn't know what to think. She was too tired to care though, before she knew it, she was fast asleep.

            Van smiled down at the sleeping figure and said, you look pretty like that. He felt so warm inside. He was afraid of this happening. He didn't even know who she was but, he was beginning to fall for her. He finally admitted it to himself that, he was starting to want her around, he was starting to fall in  love with  the emerald eyed beauty.