Wings of Cloud and Eyes of Wine

By the Great Infinitis

AN: I'm back!!!!!! From the land of Writer's Block --U I had a lot of ideas for a lot of stories plus play practice AND school. Well, I hope you enjoy this chappie. Thanks for those who reviewed me!! Lov ya!!

Chapter 3: Time will come soon

"GET OFF ME!" Rini pushed away the person who pounced on her. But though, the person didn't feel like a human. It felt furry. She looked to the stranger and what she saw gave her a shock. The thing had ears, CAT ears even! It pounced on her again.

"Gotcha!" The hot pink haired cat-girl hissed. Lady Serenity couldn't get out of her grasp.

"Who are you? Let go of me at once!" The princess tried to struggle out but the cat-girl held tighter.

"I should be the one asking THAT question. So, who are YOU and why are you intruding on Van Sama's private meadow?" 'Van Sama? Who is this Van Sama?'

"I didn't know this place belonged to a PERSON. Why should I answer that question? I didn't see a sign saying 'Warning, trespassers not welcome!'"

The cat-girl growled. Rini could feel her claws slipping out of her fingers. "If I hear one more word from you....."

"Merle! Merle where are you? I thought I heard a....." A handsome figure comes out of the tall grass. His hair looked as dark as a raven's feather, all disheveled and wild-like. His tanned skin showed well in the summer-like sun.

The handsome figure looked at the girl, then smiled. "I'm sorry for my friend's behavior." The cat-girl moved to man's side. He gave LS a hand and helped her up. "My name is Van Fanel, King of Fanelia. What is yours?"

So HE'S Van-sama..... "My name is Lady....." Quickly she bit her tongue and looked away. 'I need to be more conscious about myself.' "..... Lady Usagi, yes, but you can call me Rini." She looked back to the boy. But once her eyes caught on to his still lingering smile, she blushed. 'Oh gosh, Rini get a hold of yourself!' LS gave herself a mental slap. 'What about Helios? What would happen if he sees me like this? And I have no doubt he has a girlfriend.....' She looked to the cat-girl and saw it giving a death glare with her name all over it. Rini stepped back an inch.

"What country are you from Mistress Rini?" Van asked.

"I'm ..... a," 'Now I'm in a pickle. I can't tell him the truth, not yet anyways.' Rini's mouth hesitates, but once it was slightly opened that cat-girl sounded off first.

"I don't trust her, Van. I think she's a fake!" The cat-girl leaned closer to the boy.

"Merle!" Van gave the cat-girl a sharp tone. She backed away. The young king walked closer to the princess, lending his arm. "It's ok. She's just a pessimist." Serenity giggled. "Come, I'll bring you to my castle."

Rini took his arm and looked into his eyes—'they're red..... Well, reddish.' She looks away. 'This has to be the place!'

Servants and advisers talk under their breaths as the two couple-like people walk through the halls of the castle. Poor Merle walked behind. The princess gazed in awe at the grand ceiling above her. She admired the tapestries on the wall. Some showed pictures of battles and giant machines fighting. But a girl with sunny brown hair, green eyes, and weird clothing appeared very often in these tapestries. The strange girl seemed to always be with a boy who very much looked like The King. Serenity gave a puzzled look.

"Your highness..." she started to ask but was interrupted by the king.

"You can call me Van if you want." The young king looked back at her with a smile on his face. A slight blush creeps over Lady Usa's face. Suddenly, the princess turns her face away from a confused prince.

'No! I already have a true love! But...He's soooooooooooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!' She shook her head to get rid of the thoughts. "Um, high- I mean...Van, I was looking at the beautiful tapestries you have. I wonder, what are the pictures about?" She looked back to the king. Not for very long, Rini could hear hissing and growling sounds from behind. 'Stupid cat-girl..."

When Lady Serenity looked back at the boy, he seemed to be in a different world. "Those...are pictures of the Great War..." He sounded to vague. Serenity wondered if he was thinking of someone. Unconsciously, the king held on to an object that hung from a chain.

"Was it resent?" The princess asked.

"You have no right to go into people's lives!!" Serenity almost fell of fright Merle jumped right in front of the poor moon princess. The cat-girl didn't look at all friendly.

"It's ok Merle. She mustn't have known about it." Van looked back at the aggravated feline. Her features softened a bit.

"How could anybody not know of the war?" Merle mumbled to herself.

The king's face looked shadowed over. 'Something's troubling Van-sama...' Rini thought.

Van stopped at the most beautiful tapestry yet ever seen by the perplexed princess. She wanted to know the connections between Van and the War. The picture had that girl on it. She stood behind a valiant Van-look-a-like. Serenity stepped closer. 'The boy looks so protective...like he would die for the girl in the picture. I wonder if Helios would die for me...' Serenity shook her head hard. 'No. I shouldn't think it that way...I don't—I would never want Helios to die..."

"Lady Usagi." Van called the princess out of her stupor. She instantly lifted her head up.

Van turned to face the princess. She felt something different in his aura. Like more- powerful. She noticed that a pink pendant hung from the chain he was holding earlier. It glowed! Rini stood in awe. "The boy in the picture...is I. And the girl behind myself...is a girl from the mystic moon. Hitomi Kanzaki."

Hitomi Kanzaki...
Kee kee kee. So fate has finally caught up with me, has she? I knew it. The alliance had to come back sooner or later... Well, I'll teach her another lesson to never mess with me. Nephrenia, the harbinger of darkness

AN: I know it's short. Gomen! But I wanted I haven't been doing this fic for quite a while. I hope ye like it! Tell tell pleaseeeeee review me to say if it's good or bad! T.T I need some motivation here...