Starcrossed Lovers: Chapter 3

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Chapter 3: Determination

"What is that?"

"Return Merle and the pendant first."

The man smirked. "What makes you think I'm going to do that? Any fool knows that a thief won't return things so easily."
"Well, that's probably why I'm not a fool."

"Have you ever wondered, Van Fanel, about the blood that flows within your veins?"

"What does this have to do with anything?" Van said. He was almost frustrated. Things of his past kept coming up.

"Do you ever wonder why that girl came here in the first place?"

"She came here because—"

The man cut him off. "Because of you. You are the heir to the throne of Atlantis, king of the Draconians. You are also the king of Fanelia, but you are not worthy of neither those titles nor those honors. I am the rightful heir of both empires. You will bow to me."

Van's temper was rising. How dare he insult him like that! Who was he to say such words about him. He was the king! "What do you know? I suppose you are challenging me." Van drew his sword and charged at the man.

"Don't dare insult me!" Van was angry. The man easily dodged the attack.

"You aren't aggressive enough. You're aren't trying hard enough."

"Shut it, you—"

The man was gone. He was not there, at least Van could not see him.

"Behind you," a voice said.

Van turned around and saw the man. He had his left hand slightly raised.

"You think you are all that, don't you, King Van? Or maybe you've just never met anyone capable of defeating you properly." The man smirked. Then all of the sudden, Van was hurled against the wall by an invisible force. Van yelled in agony. It was impossible. Never in Gaea had such a thing happened before, or at least not to him.

"Hmph. You're pitiful, Van. Such a loser."

Van slowly arose from the ruble he was wrapped under. He groaned a bit then wiped off the blood dripping from his mouth. With much difficulty he said, "No...nobody... says that to... me." I'm the king, He thought to himself. He slowly recovered to the point where he could move properly. Once again he charged and was blown right back to the wall, de ja vu.

Van slowly stood up again. This time he just stumbled and fell face first onto the hard stone floor.

"Hm..., quite a bit of determination, huh?" He walked up to Van and kicked him lightly. "Still alive?" Van grunted. "I thought so. You aren't that easily defeated, are you?" He smirked at his handiwork. The king was now on the ground aching all over with lots of blood. He then drew out the pendant from his pocket and swung it for four seconds before dropping it infront of Van. "See y'later, I'm gone. The name's Soare. King Soare of the Draconians."

Soare then turned around and walked away.

"Come back here," Van said weakly. I must not let him...

Soare stopped and turned his head. Van had remarkably gotten up and was slowly limping over to him.

"Where's—Merle?" He said spitting out blood.

"Oh, her. She was never here. Perhaps it would have been wiser to return to your palace first before coming here. Then you would have seen her. I just simply brought back an image of her from your memories. What a loser. Like I said, I'm gone." He did a little wave and then flew off leaving Van all bloody. Van fell onto his knees, grabbing the pendant. How... what just happened. I wish that I was on a bed... Hitomi...

And with that, he was gone.

Part Two

Grandma said I should stay calm and don't lose hope. Concentrate. It takes practice. Just believe in yourself, believe in your dreams, believe in your wishes. Think of happy things. They will give you the power to see him again. Trust yourself, Hitomi.

Hitomi sighed. No matter how hard she tried, nothing happened. She just stayed there. She lay on her bed thinking of her grandmother's words. Suddenly her door burst open.

"Hitomi! Hey, I thought I'd come by to see how you were doing. I know you're just dying to talk. Come on." It was Yukari. She was all cheerful as usual.

Hitomi tried to act cheerful as well. "Hey, Yukari. I'm fine. I'm daydreaming, as usual, thinking about people."

Yukari's face was immediately serious. "It's not because of me, is it?"

"Oh no, not at all. In fact, I'm thanking you. If you didn't convince me to confront Amano, then none of this would have ever happened."

"None of what? Hitomi, please tell me. I'm your best friend. Please, I can help you with something."

Hitomi was silent. She was sad.

Yukari continued. "That night, you were running. Then this strangely clad man appeared along with a dragon. Then he slays the dragon. Right after that you both disappeared in a pillar of light for a few months or something. Where did you go?" Hitomi looked away at the window. Yukari sat down on her bed beside her. "What happened?"

Hitomi grabbed onto Yukari's arm and began to shake it. "I'm thinking of him, Yukari, I miss him."

"A...Amano?" Yukari spoke her boyfriend's name nervously. If Hitomi still hadn't gotten over their relationship, she didn't know what she would do.

A tear fell down Hitomi's cheek. "No, Yukari, no. Van." She ran over and opened up her window. "VAAAAN!"


I'm Sorry, it's taken me so long to update. School's...so tiring. I know, lowsy excuse. At least this chapter's a little longer. I get writer's block on this fic, but not on my other one. Strange, huh? Well PLEASE REVIEW!!!

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