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Well here is the long due chapter 3 of Heart of Dragon. Sorry it took so long to post but I never seem to get any time to type. Anyway, here it is The Attack.
'thought'
"dialouge"
(Author Notes)
Part 3: The Attack
Along with the people of Fanelia and the crew of the Crusade, Van and Hitomi celebrated their engagement. Their was singing, dancing and a good time was being had by all. By 5 a.m. Van and Hitomi were ready to call it a night. They bid everyone goodnight and headed back to their room. They changed out of their party clothes anf flopped onto bed instantly falling asleep.
~*Zaibach~*~
"Mediera do you want to tell me why your so interested in this girl?"
"It's simple Zecole, she is the Gaean savior, foretold to have powers that rival those of the gods themselves. If I can get her powers I will be able to take over Gaea and shape it into the world dear emperor Dornkirk wanted."
"I thought you didn't have to kill a host to assimilate their powers, why do you want to kill the girl."
"My life changed forever the day that bitch killed Dorkirk. I'm repaying the favor."
"What about Fanel? Why kill him?"
"I want the illusionary bitch to suffer the way I did. The way I suffered when I saw Folken die at her hands. I want restitution payed to me, in her blood and the blood of those she cares for."
"Folken? When did he factor into this?"
"That's enough questions Zecole. The king and his whore have finally fallen asleep. It's time to play."
Mediera closed her eyes and began to concentrate with all her might on Hitomi. An evil grin came across her face. Zecole knew that this meant she had entered Hitomi's dreams.
~*~Fanelia Palace~*~
Not even an hour after Hitomi had fallen asleep she heard a distant voice calling to her.
"Hitomi. Come with me now."
"Who are you? What do you want?"
"What do I want? I want to kill you."
A shadow came out of nowhere and began to choke Hitomi. It reached to it's side and removed a dagger, the metal glistened as it came into Hitomi's view. She was to dizzy and light headed to stop the inevitable. The figure plunged the dagger towards her hip. The pain was so much that Hitomi screamed.
"VAN!!! HELP ME!!!!"
"Hitomi i'm here, please wake up."
Hiotmi's eyes suddenly snapped open painand fear were filling the emerald depths and her forhead dripped with a cold sweat. Hitomi looked to her left side and saw blood seeping through her white shirt. Van saw this as well and called out.
"Somebody help!"
Van put pressure on Hitomi's wound with one hand and wiped the sweat off her forehead with the other. She was in so much pain. How did this happen? Why couldn't he stop it? The door flew opened to reveal the shocked faces of Millerna, Dryden, and Allen.
"What happened?"
"I don't know Allen. One minute she's sleeping peacefully and the next she's choking and blood starts coming out of a wound in her hip, but I didn't see an attacker."
~*~Zaibach~*~
Mediera opened her eyes and had a face of extreme hatred and anger.
"I take it your plan didn't work the way you planned it"
"SHUT UP ZECOLE!"
"I told you Fanel is like Hitomi's second shadow. After the stunt you just pulled he'll never leave her out of his sight."
"Don't worry. I always have back-up plan"
"It'll have to be the mother of all abck-up plans to fix what you just did."
"Don't worry Zecole, it is."
~*~Fanelia Palace~*~
"Dryden, It was her wasn't it?"
"Yes Van it was. I'm just baffeled as to how she got in here without anyone seeing her"
"So am I"
Milerna had ascertained the wound and looked at Van with a worried look. She'd sent Allen to get her blue bag, she knew she'd need it when she got a good look at the wound.
"How bad is it?"
"Not to good. She's loosing blood and she'll need a lot of stitches to sew up this wound. If I work fast enough I'll be able to save her. However I won't have enough time to use anestetic."
"Millerna wait"
"Van I know this will be difficult to deal with but it's the only"
"I know, just let me hold her. It may not hurt as much then"
Millerna nodded and began. Hitomi moaned with pain and Van held her hand and gently rubbed her shoulder. She looked so weak, her usually healthy glow had diminished to a sickly pale complexion.
'Dont' you go and die on me Hitomi. I wouldn't be able to go on with my life if I lost you.'
It took Millerna a half hour to sew Hitomi up. When she finished she took one last look at her dear friend before turning to Van.
"I'll come check on her in a few hours."
Van nodded and thanked Millerna as the three Asturian's left for their rooms.Van shut the door and turned to Hiotmi she was in a lot of pain and was utterly terrified. Van got into bed and held Hitomi close to him and felt that she was trembeling a little.
"Why don't we get some sleep?"
"I'd love to but i'm afraid to go back to sleep. What if she comes back?"
"Tell you what, i'll use the pendant to go into your dreams and protect you."
"But w-what if she comes to the palace and k-kills us in our sleep?"
"Hold on, i'll go get some guards"
Van started to get up but Hitomi held him tighter.
"No! Please I don't want to be left alone."
She started to cry. Van held her and kissed her forehead.
"Shhh. Don't worry. I won't leave you alone. GUARDS!"
Within seconds 12 guards had entered the room.
"You called Lod Van"
"I want you adn your men to guard all the entrances to this room."
The guards nodded, showed their sign of alligence and went to their new posts.
"See. Now i'll hold you so no one can hurt you. Now where do you want to go?"
"I don't care, as long as i'm with you anywhere is perfect."
That night Van and Hitomi had a picnic on the site hwere Van was having their Honeymoon cabin built. Every night after that the couple spent at their mystic hideaway. Still, hiotmi was on the edge, always checking dark corners. It's as if she expected someone to jump out and kill her. (wouldn't you?)
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Three weeks passed and Hitomi was getting better, physically at least. Mentally she was a a wreck. One morning she looked at herself in the mirror adn was disgusted at what she saw. She decided that it was about time she do something to fix the perdicament she was in. Gaddes was on 'guard duty' that moring at was patiently waiting outside for Hitomi to finish up (she's in the bathroom getting dressed).
"Gaddes. Where is Van?"
"He's in his office with Queen Aries and Prince Chid"
"Thank You"
As Hitomi and Gaddes reached the door to Van's office she heard urgent talking between the three royals.
"Is she really that dangerous Van?"
"Yes Chid she is"
"Well in that case we should take action immediately"
"I don't think that will do any good Aries. She was able to get in the castle and injure Hitomi without even setting foor tin the castle. She has everyone dumfounded"
"Especially me"
Van stood up fast as Hitomi entered the room. He helped her into a seat.
"What are you doing here Hitomi? I thought you were going to take a walk in the royal gardens"
"I want to talk to you in private"
Van nodded and excused himself from the meeting. As they entered the grdens Van looked at Hitomi. Her color was coming back, for the longest time she had been very pale. Still her eyes were what worried Van. Before the attack her eyes were bright and full of life. Now they looked sad and tormented. Hitomi suddenly stopped and turned to Van.
"Van, i want some answers"
Van stopped cold. He'd seen Hitomi be forward before, but never liek this. He just nodded to show Hitomi he could continue.
"Now I know you did this to me so I think it's time you filled me in. More importanly I want to know why you thought you didn't need to tell me."
Van looked right at her. He brought her to a bench and the couple sat down, neither one taking their eyes off eachother.
"Right after you were presented, do you remember the conversation I had with Dryden and Allen?"
Hitomi nodded.
"Dryden told me that evn though we wiped out everything Zaibach had made people were still loyal to the empire."
"How is that possible? Dornkirk is dead."
"Well the followers found a leader. Her name is Midera and she's...powerful. Just like you. Possibly stronger than you. You know that all of Zaibach knew you were from the mystic moon and that you had special powers. So, they blame you for the empire's fall. Now they want revenge, at a very high cost."
"They're after me, aren't they?"
Van agve a solem nod.
"Midera wants the pendant and she...wants to experiment on you so she can assimilate your powers. That's why you've been under constant watch. Don't worry though, i'd die before i'll let her take you."
Hitomi sat there compleatly blown away by what Van had said. Suddenly a thought hit her.
"Van, can we go to the shrine?"
Van nodded and put his arm around her. She had told him many times that she always felt safe in his arms. As Hitomi entered the shrine she walked straight up to Escaflowne and placed her hands on the energist compartment. Van looked at her, curious as to what she was doing.
Hitomi had remembered a Gaean prophecy Dryden had told her about during the destiny wars. The protector would gain her full power by merging witht the dragon armor. So she stood liek that for a while in deep concentration until the drag energist filled with a bright light.
"What was that?"
Hiotmi turned around with a blue glow in her eyes and she spoke in a dead voice.
"Who are you?"
"I am the Tubasa No Kami (Wing Goddess)"
"Waht do you want?"
"Van Fanel, you are the white dragon, operator of the drag armor. You will soon marry the Gaean savior Hitomi Kanzaki. She has now merged with Gaea and the dragon armor. The fate of both worlds are in her hands as well as yours"
Thus the plot grows. Hope you liked the new chapter. The next one is the wedding! *jumps up and down*. It's not as fluffy as you would think at least in my opinion, but your reading it. A special arrival will also give Hitomi and Van much needed help. Plus, and old friend will show his true colors. Don't forget to review.
Well here is the long due chapter 3 of Heart of Dragon. Sorry it took so long to post but I never seem to get any time to type. Anyway, here it is The Attack.
'thought'
"dialouge"
(Author Notes)
Part 3: The Attack
Along with the people of Fanelia and the crew of the Crusade, Van and Hitomi celebrated their engagement. Their was singing, dancing and a good time was being had by all. By 5 a.m. Van and Hitomi were ready to call it a night. They bid everyone goodnight and headed back to their room. They changed out of their party clothes anf flopped onto bed instantly falling asleep.
~*Zaibach~*~
"Mediera do you want to tell me why your so interested in this girl?"
"It's simple Zecole, she is the Gaean savior, foretold to have powers that rival those of the gods themselves. If I can get her powers I will be able to take over Gaea and shape it into the world dear emperor Dornkirk wanted."
"I thought you didn't have to kill a host to assimilate their powers, why do you want to kill the girl."
"My life changed forever the day that bitch killed Dorkirk. I'm repaying the favor."
"What about Fanel? Why kill him?"
"I want the illusionary bitch to suffer the way I did. The way I suffered when I saw Folken die at her hands. I want restitution payed to me, in her blood and the blood of those she cares for."
"Folken? When did he factor into this?"
"That's enough questions Zecole. The king and his whore have finally fallen asleep. It's time to play."
Mediera closed her eyes and began to concentrate with all her might on Hitomi. An evil grin came across her face. Zecole knew that this meant she had entered Hitomi's dreams.
~*~Fanelia Palace~*~
Not even an hour after Hitomi had fallen asleep she heard a distant voice calling to her.
"Hitomi. Come with me now."
"Who are you? What do you want?"
"What do I want? I want to kill you."
A shadow came out of nowhere and began to choke Hitomi. It reached to it's side and removed a dagger, the metal glistened as it came into Hitomi's view. She was to dizzy and light headed to stop the inevitable. The figure plunged the dagger towards her hip. The pain was so much that Hitomi screamed.
"VAN!!! HELP ME!!!!"
"Hitomi i'm here, please wake up."
Hiotmi's eyes suddenly snapped open painand fear were filling the emerald depths and her forhead dripped with a cold sweat. Hitomi looked to her left side and saw blood seeping through her white shirt. Van saw this as well and called out.
"Somebody help!"
Van put pressure on Hitomi's wound with one hand and wiped the sweat off her forehead with the other. She was in so much pain. How did this happen? Why couldn't he stop it? The door flew opened to reveal the shocked faces of Millerna, Dryden, and Allen.
"What happened?"
"I don't know Allen. One minute she's sleeping peacefully and the next she's choking and blood starts coming out of a wound in her hip, but I didn't see an attacker."
~*~Zaibach~*~
Mediera opened her eyes and had a face of extreme hatred and anger.
"I take it your plan didn't work the way you planned it"
"SHUT UP ZECOLE!"
"I told you Fanel is like Hitomi's second shadow. After the stunt you just pulled he'll never leave her out of his sight."
"Don't worry. I always have back-up plan"
"It'll have to be the mother of all abck-up plans to fix what you just did."
"Don't worry Zecole, it is."
~*~Fanelia Palace~*~
"Dryden, It was her wasn't it?"
"Yes Van it was. I'm just baffeled as to how she got in here without anyone seeing her"
"So am I"
Milerna had ascertained the wound and looked at Van with a worried look. She'd sent Allen to get her blue bag, she knew she'd need it when she got a good look at the wound.
"How bad is it?"
"Not to good. She's loosing blood and she'll need a lot of stitches to sew up this wound. If I work fast enough I'll be able to save her. However I won't have enough time to use anestetic."
"Millerna wait"
"Van I know this will be difficult to deal with but it's the only"
"I know, just let me hold her. It may not hurt as much then"
Millerna nodded and began. Hitomi moaned with pain and Van held her hand and gently rubbed her shoulder. She looked so weak, her usually healthy glow had diminished to a sickly pale complexion.
'Dont' you go and die on me Hitomi. I wouldn't be able to go on with my life if I lost you.'
It took Millerna a half hour to sew Hitomi up. When she finished she took one last look at her dear friend before turning to Van.
"I'll come check on her in a few hours."
Van nodded and thanked Millerna as the three Asturian's left for their rooms.Van shut the door and turned to Hiotmi she was in a lot of pain and was utterly terrified. Van got into bed and held Hitomi close to him and felt that she was trembeling a little.
"Why don't we get some sleep?"
"I'd love to but i'm afraid to go back to sleep. What if she comes back?"
"Tell you what, i'll use the pendant to go into your dreams and protect you."
"But w-what if she comes to the palace and k-kills us in our sleep?"
"Hold on, i'll go get some guards"
Van started to get up but Hitomi held him tighter.
"No! Please I don't want to be left alone."
She started to cry. Van held her and kissed her forehead.
"Shhh. Don't worry. I won't leave you alone. GUARDS!"
Within seconds 12 guards had entered the room.
"You called Lod Van"
"I want you adn your men to guard all the entrances to this room."
The guards nodded, showed their sign of alligence and went to their new posts.
"See. Now i'll hold you so no one can hurt you. Now where do you want to go?"
"I don't care, as long as i'm with you anywhere is perfect."
That night Van and Hitomi had a picnic on the site hwere Van was having their Honeymoon cabin built. Every night after that the couple spent at their mystic hideaway. Still, hiotmi was on the edge, always checking dark corners. It's as if she expected someone to jump out and kill her. (wouldn't you?)
***************************************************************
Three weeks passed and Hitomi was getting better, physically at least. Mentally she was a a wreck. One morning she looked at herself in the mirror adn was disgusted at what she saw. She decided that it was about time she do something to fix the perdicament she was in. Gaddes was on 'guard duty' that moring at was patiently waiting outside for Hitomi to finish up (she's in the bathroom getting dressed).
"Gaddes. Where is Van?"
"He's in his office with Queen Aries and Prince Chid"
"Thank You"
As Hitomi and Gaddes reached the door to Van's office she heard urgent talking between the three royals.
"Is she really that dangerous Van?"
"Yes Chid she is"
"Well in that case we should take action immediately"
"I don't think that will do any good Aries. She was able to get in the castle and injure Hitomi without even setting foor tin the castle. She has everyone dumfounded"
"Especially me"
Van stood up fast as Hitomi entered the room. He helped her into a seat.
"What are you doing here Hitomi? I thought you were going to take a walk in the royal gardens"
"I want to talk to you in private"
Van nodded and excused himself from the meeting. As they entered the grdens Van looked at Hitomi. Her color was coming back, for the longest time she had been very pale. Still her eyes were what worried Van. Before the attack her eyes were bright and full of life. Now they looked sad and tormented. Hitomi suddenly stopped and turned to Van.
"Van, i want some answers"
Van stopped cold. He'd seen Hitomi be forward before, but never liek this. He just nodded to show Hitomi he could continue.
"Now I know you did this to me so I think it's time you filled me in. More importanly I want to know why you thought you didn't need to tell me."
Van looked right at her. He brought her to a bench and the couple sat down, neither one taking their eyes off eachother.
"Right after you were presented, do you remember the conversation I had with Dryden and Allen?"
Hitomi nodded.
"Dryden told me that evn though we wiped out everything Zaibach had made people were still loyal to the empire."
"How is that possible? Dornkirk is dead."
"Well the followers found a leader. Her name is Midera and she's...powerful. Just like you. Possibly stronger than you. You know that all of Zaibach knew you were from the mystic moon and that you had special powers. So, they blame you for the empire's fall. Now they want revenge, at a very high cost."
"They're after me, aren't they?"
Van agve a solem nod.
"Midera wants the pendant and she...wants to experiment on you so she can assimilate your powers. That's why you've been under constant watch. Don't worry though, i'd die before i'll let her take you."
Hitomi sat there compleatly blown away by what Van had said. Suddenly a thought hit her.
"Van, can we go to the shrine?"
Van nodded and put his arm around her. She had told him many times that she always felt safe in his arms. As Hitomi entered the shrine she walked straight up to Escaflowne and placed her hands on the energist compartment. Van looked at her, curious as to what she was doing.
Hitomi had remembered a Gaean prophecy Dryden had told her about during the destiny wars. The protector would gain her full power by merging witht the dragon armor. So she stood liek that for a while in deep concentration until the drag energist filled with a bright light.
"What was that?"
Hiotmi turned around with a blue glow in her eyes and she spoke in a dead voice.
"Who are you?"
"I am the Tubasa No Kami (Wing Goddess)"
"Waht do you want?"
"Van Fanel, you are the white dragon, operator of the drag armor. You will soon marry the Gaean savior Hitomi Kanzaki. She has now merged with Gaea and the dragon armor. The fate of both worlds are in her hands as well as yours"
Thus the plot grows. Hope you liked the new chapter. The next one is the wedding! *jumps up and down*. It's not as fluffy as you would think at least in my opinion, but your reading it. A special arrival will also give Hitomi and Van much needed help. Plus, and old friend will show his true colors. Don't forget to review.