Starcrossed Lovers: Chapter Four

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Starcrossed Lovers Chapter Four: Healing

"VAAAAN!" Hitomi was crying. She leaned against the window in despair. Why couldn't she see him again? Hitomi stared into the clear blue sky. Suddenly she heard Yukari scream.

"AHHH! SOME—one..." Yukari was breathless and on the floor.

Hitomi whirled around and saw him. It was Van. Not a normal Van, no, not normal at all. Blood was everywhere, all over her bed, but she didn't care about that. She ran toward him, knocking over anything that stood in her way. "Van!"

He was still alive. She ran over to him. "Van! Hold on, I'll get help immediately. You shouldn't try to move. Stay there."

He tried to get up but failed. "I—I must get...re—re—venge." Van was able to utter those few words before falling asleep again.

Yukari almost fainted at the sight of all the blood. "Who is he? Hitomi, how do you know him?"

"He's Van, the 'strangely clad' man. He needs help. Oh, Yukari, what are we going to do?"

"We should send to the hospital. I'll go call." Yukari grabbed the phone.
"What will we tell my mom? Some man randomly appeared on my bed? She's downstairs right now!"

"Ok, good point." Yukari said. "Um, do you have a first aid kit?"

"Yes, yes, I do. It's downstairs let me go get it. You go get a wash basin of warm water and lots of towels from the bathroom. Be as quite as possible." They both rushed out of Hitomi's room to get their materials.

Hitomi was on her way down the stairs when her little brother came up to her to badger her. "Hitomi, I know what—"

"Shut up, kid."

Her brother kept talking. "Hey! Don't tell me to shut up. I going to tell—" Hitomi slapped her brother.

"WHAAAAAAAA!!! Hitomi slapped me!!!"

"Shut it before—" What am I doing arguing with that freak. Van needs my help! She continued down into their kitchen where her mom was cooking.

"Honey, is something going on with you and your brother? I don't want to hear anything."

"Sorry, Mom. He tripped, so I'm getting him a Band-Aid."

"Okay, Hitomi. Be more careful next time."

"Sure, Mom." Hitomi went rushed back up the stairs. When she was before her room she found that her door was open. Did Yukari forget to shut it? Is—oh no! Hitomi flung her door open. It was too late. Her brother was already inside staring at Van.

"YOU BRAT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM!" She was about to smack him again.

Her brother's eyes were watering up. "QUIT SHOUTING!" He said, close to tears. "If—if you don't tell me what's going on—I—I'll tell Mommy!"

Yukari entered the room with her hands full. She immediately saw what was happening. She set the towels and basin down on a table and went up to her brother.

"Now, Pudgy, you don't—" Yukari began.

"Don't call me Pudgy! I'm not fat!" He shouted angrily.

"I'm sorry, I really am. I won't ever do it again," she said. "Now, I don't really know exactly what's going on, but if we don't help him, he'll die. You can stay here if you promise not to say a word to anyone."

"Okay," he said, eyeing Van suspiciously, "but only if you promise to give me bubble gum, and if you tell me what's going on. I also want twenty bucks."

"NO! YOU FREAK—" Hitomi's words were smothered by Yukari's hand.

"Don't worry; it's a deal—and no crossing fingers. Deal?" They shook hands.

"But, what will I do here?" He asked.

"You can help us."

"Awesome! I always wanted to do this!"

"You're brothers really girly acting," Yukari whispered to Hitomi.

Hitomi nodded. "Okay. First, we need to clean his wounds." She removed the scraps remaining of his red shirt.

"Um... rubbing alcohol? Yukari, do you think I should use this?"

"Well, it looks like he's bleeding a lot, so that's going to hurt him. Try it; if it stings too much, then you should just use water.

Hitomi nodded. She quickly slipped on some gloves. She got a cotton ball and dipped it with some rubbing alcohol. She dabbed it onto an enormous wound on his shoulder. Van groaned in pain.

"Oh, I'm sorry Van. I know it hurts."

Van opened one of his eyes. "Don—don't wor—ry. I c—can take it."

"What's wrong with him?" Hitomi's brother asked.

"Well, obviously he's injured," Yukari said. "Hitomi, we should use water or at least on the big wounds. We can use alcohol on smaller wounds."

"Right."

"I'll help too," her brother said.

"Okay," Hitomi said, "here." He handed them both gloves.

Soon all of Van's upper body was cleaned and bandaged. Hitomi rolled up his pants and cleansed and bandaged his legs.

Hitomi's brother was tapping her shoulder. "What?"

"Well, I was thinking..."

"What?"

"Well, what if he's hurt, you know, in other places."

Yukari giggled slightly. "Oh no, we're not doing anything more than this," Hitomi said. She was blushing.

"But what if he's injured really badly?"

"Squirt, you ask too many questions. The pants would be torn if he was injured."

"Oh, right." There was a brief silence. He walked around to the other side of Van when something caught his eye. Something was clenched in Van's fist. He pried Van's finger open.

"Didn't Grandma give you this?" He asked, poking at it curiously.

Yukari recognized it as well. "That's your pendant! Why does he have it?"

That's why we weren't connected! He didn't have the pendant with him! I should have known. He was thinking of me. Van... OH MY GOSH... Her eyes widened in shock. She saw it all. She saw the vision clearly. She saw how Van was tricked and then how he was tortured.

"What's wrong, Hitomi?" Yukari asked. She knew something was wrong.

"I see it. I see it all." She shed a tear. "He was ruthlessly tortured—by an unknown force—to see me once again." She hugged him tightly.

"Hitomi—you don't want to kill him!" Her brother said.

"Shh," Yukari said. She's going to tell me every detail sooner or later... "Hitomi, you should rest. You're tired. You need to sleep. I'll stay here with you tonight. Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."

"Thanks Yukari, you mean everything to me. Wake me up before dinner." Hitomi dragged out two sleeping bags, one for her and the other for Yukari.

After Yukari and the little brother finished cleaning up the mess in Hitomi's room, it was time to eat dinner. Because Yukari was over, her mother let them eat upstairs.

"Hey, Hitomi," her brother said, "don't you think he needs to eat?"

"Let him sleep," she replied lovingly.

"You still need to tell me what's happening," he reminded her.

"Okay, okay, go away now. We're going to sleep."

"With him in your room?"

"Shut up! Go!"

"Okay, okay. Goodnight Hitomi. Goodnight Yukari. Goodnight Mr. Person."

"Goodnight, kid," Hitomi and Yukari both replied.

Her brother ran out of her room and finally left them in peace.

"You sure have a way with your brother," Yukari said, laughing.

"Yeah," Hitomi said, relieved. "Well, at least we're done with that. I need a good night's rest before I can think about anything else." Hitomi first covered Van with a blanket before climbing into her sleeping bag.

Yukari waited for Hitomi to fall asleep. It was only 9:00. She wanted to call Amano and tell him about what had happened. She picked up the phone on Hitomi's desk when she spotted it. A notebook labeled Adventures in Gaea. She flipped open the cover. This is Hitomi's journal! ...We were on a strange land where the earth and the moon were in the sky, just hanging there. Wolf men approached us...

Yukari sat down and began to read. So this is why...! She read every page and comprehended every detail. She's in love with him, yet she never told me! We're best friends! I would have believed her, even if Amano didn't. Why?

Yukari sat up suddenly when she heard a knock on the door. "Hitomi, Yukari, are you there?" It was Hitomi's mom.


Yay! It's so much longer! Thanks my reviewers!!!

Inda- It's longer, it is!!! Van was just trying to get the pendant back, so Hitomi doesn't really have to do much with that at all. Please answer my folowing questions. Thanks.

rrruditch- Thank you for reviewing! Yes, I know he's very different. Please answer my following questions.

Wake-Robin - Well all the 'bad guys' have pretty much been defeated, so there has to be a new bad guy. Yes, he is different. He's quite weird actually. Please answer my following q's.

1. What is Hitomi's brother's name? Please some suggestions.

2. Which do you prefer? Van having to stay in Hitomi's world then Hitomi going to Van's, or vise versa?

Thank you! Please any suggestions welcome! and Don't forget to review!

-Stacey, dedicated author(ess)!