Sorry it took so long, I procrastinate, plus I was taking a few days off to get my creative spirit flowing again.

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Chapter 8: Hinota and Hanots

Phillia lay unconscious on the wooden floor of Akito's room. "Take her out of here Hatori. When she wakes, make her leave." Akito whispered not wanting to turn around and look at the only girl who had tamed his heart. Hatori still wept, but he picked up Phillia and walked back to his home. There Momiji watched Hatori carry Phillia to his room and laid her on his futon.

"Hatori? What happened to Phillia." Momiji asked quietly standing in the doorway. Hatori covered her up and replied, "Akito ordered her memory to be erased. I wiped out her memory completely so she won't remember you or anyone else."

Momiji's eyes watered and he ran to Phillia's side. "Why? What's going to happen to her?" "When she wakes up we have to make her leave. What happens to her after that is out of our control. I only hope that she can escape that man." Hatori wiped his tears and went into his office. Momiji stayed behind. He held onto her hand thinking of all the fun memories they shared. "I'll be strong for you Phillia. I don't know what happened in there, but I know you'll be alright." Momiji said to himself. Phillia moaned and her eyes fluttered open. Momiji dropped her hand as she sat up. "Ow! That was a bright light." She mumbled as she sat up. She looked at Momiji who's eyes were about to burst into tears. "Momiji what's wrong? Why are you crying? Do you get in trouble with Kyo for stealing another jelly bun from him?" She grabbed Momiji and hugged him.

"Phillia? You remember me?" Phillia looked at him in confusion. "Of course! I've been living here for three months! How could I not remember you?" Phillia laughed. Momiji didn't care how or why, but he was happy that she still had her memory. "Phillia!" Momiji jumped on her and hugged her. "Are you hurt? What went on in the room with Akito?" Phillia looked at the ceiling and scratched her chin. "Well we talked about stuff, then Akito got mad, then he told Hatori to erase my memory. Speaking of which where is Hatori? He almost blinded me." Momiji laughed and jerked her up. "I think he's in his office. Come on!" Both of them ran the very short distance to Hatori's office. Phillia told Momiji to let her go in by herself, and she would let him know when to come in.

She snuck up behind Hatori and tapped on his shoulder. He spun around and his face showed no emotion. "Ah I see you're up. You had a pretty bad fall yesterday. Are you feeling better?" Hatori thought he had erased her memory back to the time when she first fell into the estate. "Hatori...that was a long time ago." She smirked.

"What? I erased your memory." Hatori stood up. "Well you assumed that you did but, before you almost blinded me I tried to tell you that my memories couldn't be erased." Hatori didn't know wether to feel happy or worried. "How? Is it because...."

"Yes. Part of being half Hinota is that I'm always to remember the memories, so that I may never forget all the bad things I've done." Phillia joked. Hatori was amazed at this. He still had many things to learn about Hinotas. "Where are all the other Hinotas?"

"I believe they're all dead. Not many people knew about them cause they were so few. I know there are books about them, but everyone thinks they're just myths." Phillia said with a smile on her face. She walked back outside and sat on the porch.

"You seem awfully happy about that." Hatori walked over to her and sat beside her.

"Well...I guess I really don't care. They made me this way, I really should hate them, but I don't." Phillia scooted closer to him and hooked her arm around his.

"Have you ever seen one in person?" Hatori asked smiling as she took his arm.

"Once. I was about uhh....I forget. I was in the shed where my parents locked me up. I remember a bright light, and then a white Hinota trotting up to me and piercing my heart with something. I still have the scar." Phillia lowered the collar of her red shirt and revealed a star shaped scar around her heart. "Then it said 'Whiter than snow shall be the wings of love. Battle of two worlds bring destruction unless white conquer your black' or something like that." Hatori examined her scar. It was perfectly shaped, and it looked as though it was a brand new scar. "Well your scar must mean something, and maybe what it told you was a prophecy of some sort." Phillia adjusted her shirt and then laid back. "Maybe, but I'm not about to go looking for that thing to ask what it meant." Hatori looked up at the sky and stared at the passing clouds. They were dark grey, indicating a storm.

"Well you go get something to eat, and I'm going to look for a few things at the city library. I might wait a little while to tell Akito about your memories." Hatori stood up, wiping a smudge from his white overcoat. Phillia extended her hand to him. He grabbed it and pulled her into his arms. "I'm glad you still remember me." He whispered into her ear. He felt her smile into his shirt and she hugged him back. Momiji watched them and a big smile grew on his face. He slithered away and went back into the house.

In Hatori's House.....

Phillia went back inside and tried to find Momiji.

I'll bet he went to go get food. Sounds like a good idea to me!

Phillia wandered around trying to find someone to get food from. "Somebody....I'm hungry...." Phillia started running. "Where's the kitchen. I'll cook myself something." She was very hungry. When she turned the corner she ran into the older short man that had severed her when she was in Akito's house. The big book he had been carrying flew away from him as he fell backwards. "I'm so sorry! I was really hungry and I was in a hurry!" She ran over to him and helped him up. "That's alright Ms. Phillia. No harm done. If you need food Phillia, I'd be happy to make you some." Phillia handed him his book. It was very thick, and looked old. Phillia got a glance at the title which read "Curse of the Zodiac". The little man saw her looking and quickly took the book and covered it up. Phillia looked at him strange. "No that's alright....I'll just cook myself something." He smiled at her. "Umm...could I borrow a feather from you? I need a quill to write, and we've seemed to run out of them." He asked in a raspy voice. " Phillia backed away from him. "I'm not supposed to sprout my wings in here. You know that."

"Well can't you just pull one from your back?" He asked standing to his feet.

Phillia looked confused. "I'm sorry, I can't." The old man looked disappointed. He bowed and hurried away. Phillia continued to the kitchen.

My feathers can't be used for quills. How did he know I could pull my feathers out without extending my wings? Maybe he saw me wake Akito that one time. Oh well.

Phillia shrugged her shoulders and made her way to the kitchen.

In the Library.....

Hatori searched the huge city library for anything on Hinotas. It seemed he had looked everywhere, so he decided to ask someone. He walked down stairs to the librarian. She had curly brown hair tied back into a bun. Se was dressed as though she was working at the most prestigious library in Japan, with her short red skirt and white blouse. Silently she sat typing at her desk. "Excuse me." Hatori said quietly. She turned around to look at the man speaking. She eyed Hatori, like she was interested in him. A big smile grew across her face. "May I help you sir?" Hatori didn't make any sign of his discomfort. "I'm looking for any books you have on the Hinotian species." The smile from the librarian's face vanished and her face grew pale. She turned to her computer looking it up. "May ask as to why you are interested in these creatures?" She said as she typed. "I'm am interested in them. That is all." Hatori said.

"You know those creatures are real don't you? They are vile and wicked. Mind readers. They can take over your mind and drive you crazy if they wanted to." Hatori looked at her. Her hands shook as she typed. "I thought the had died out." Hatori said. The lady grabbed a pen and began writing something down. "That's what everyone says. I know other wise. One attacked my house not to long ago. It was disguised as a human girl. It killed my husband and my two daughters. Only me and my son escaped her."

"How do you know it was a Hinota?" Hatori leaned over on the desk.

"Because, I remember its blazing red eyes, and its shrill cries. The huge black and white wings. It was laughing as it killed my family. I know I may seem crazy, but I know it was a Hinota." She handed Hatori a piece of paper. "That is the call number for the book. Its on the third floor." Hatori thanked her and then began walking up the stairs.

A human girl? Could it have been Phillia? No....I know she wouldn't do anything like that. Could she have controlled our minds. No that night I kissed her, I could tell it was true. Plus... Phillia doesn't have black and white wings. Maybe...there is another Hinota.

Hatori shook the thought from his head. He made it to the third floor in no time. He looked at his paper. The call letters were HI 678. "Here we go." Hatori said as he took the book from the shelf. It was heavy, and very thick. It was black and had a hard cover. The pages on the side were rigid; this was obviously a very old book. Hatori took the book and walked over to a table and sat down to look at the book. "Hinota: Secret Creatures of the Sky". Hatori opened the book to the table of contents. There were many chapters concerning the Hinotas, over a hundred. He skimmed through them until he found what he was looking for. "Chapter 56: Powers of the Hinotian Kingdom and The White Legend..........page 365. Hatori flipped over to the correct page. He began reading over the book, but found nothing that could help. Many questions came to his mind as he read. The Hinotas certainly were a special species. In the middle of the chapter he found something that he found to be disturbing.

.........Hinotas are very gentle creatures. They would never do anything to anyone unless that someone did something to them first. Hardly does a Hinota ever control minds. Very few even had the power. Often the power of "mind breaking" was mistaken for mind control. Hinotas can make even the coldest of people become their friend without even trying. They never lose control over anything. Hinotas master their powers before using them. If they didn't it could cause disaster to the world. They do believe in justice and will punish they wicked and reward the good. According to the Hinotian King, Sermiay, only one Hinota had ever been punished wrongly. This Hinota came to be known as the legendary White Hinota. He was tricked into doing something by the Hinota's arch enemy, the Hanot. It takes the shape of any creature it pleases, and it also has wings. Though, no matter what, its left wing is black and its right wing is white. For so long these creatures have done everything in their power to destroy the Hinotas. It is said the Hanot tried to kill the White Hinota, but the White fought back. So when the White trapped it in a ring of fire the Hanot used its ability and made the fire spread. It destroyed almost all of the Hinotian land and forced a great migration. White was blamed for using his powers so carelessly. So when he pleaded that the Hanot had caused this, a search started for the one Hanot. But this vile creature took on the form of the White Hinota and lured in some royal Hinotas deep into the forest, and he killed all but one. So that he would run back to his King and blame it on the White Hinota. And so, due to this treachery the White Hinota was killed. Soon afterward did they learn of their tragic mistake. The King became so angry and sad that he raged war on all Hanots. The battle went on for ten years, and the Hinotas were losing. Near the closing of the battle, when all seemed lost for the Hinotas, it is said that the White Hinota appeared from the heavens and wiped all the Hanots. He was more luminous and beautiful and he had four wings. In a single blow he killed all the Hanots. The battle was won thanks to the White Hinota. Before the he left, the King begged forgiveness from the White Hinota for not listening to him. All the White did was laugh and then he flew back into the heavens. Thanks to him all the Hanots were destroyed and the Hinotas went on to live..........

Finally some of the pieces of the puzzle were coming together. "Well this makes sense. The Hinota that Phillia saw must've been the White Hinota. But then.....the lady said that the Hinota that attacked her had black and white wings. So maybe it wasn't a Hinota...but a Hanot? All the Hanots were wiped out though....I'd better talk with Phillia." Hatori said to himself. He closed the book and went back to the lady at the check out desk. Her face was back to normal, though er hair was a little messy. Hatori gave her his book and card. She ran it through the computer and stamped the due date on the front cover. "Thank you sir! Have a nice day!" She said as she handed Hatori the book and his card. Hatori walked quickly out the revolving doors and, got into his car and headed home. Phillia's mystery was becoming more and more complicated. He had a strange feeling that not everything was as it seemed.

Alright!!!!! I finished!!!!! Hopefully I won't take as long to do chapter nine. Please review! I need a reason to keep writing!!! sings and dances away