A stairway through glassdoors

By:Tequ!ni

Chapter8: From bad to worse

Hey peeps *waves* took me a while I know. School is keeping me really busy. A bookreport here, a speech there, tests, loads of homework and english papers to correct for my friends. I hope that you people still like the story. Well I'm blabbing again, so: read, enjoy and review.

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Hitomi banged the door behind herself and went over to her bed. She sat down on the edge and cupped her hands over her face, starting to cry all over again. 'How could I bee so foolish, thinking I would be able to act all normal again.' Then, suddenly she was pulled into a vision.

In the dining hall Van was hurrying to finish his meal, 'I can't stand it anymore. What's up with her? Maybe she's heard about the execution. I've got to tell her that this girl meant nothing to me. I didn't know if she was ever to come back. I only wanted to obey the laws.

Merle and Millerna already knew what was up with Hitomi but decided to let Van do what ever he thought was right. After having finished dinner he excused himself and started down towards the doors. Millerna and Merle hurried after him, "Van stop. Wait.we've got to tell you something ", Merle shouted as she sped up to catch him at the bottom of the stairs.

Millerna too told him to wait. "Van, I think you should know that Hitomi heard today's conversation with you advisors. She knows everything about you and the girl. We told her everything, we told her about the laws. She's probably crying her heart out again." This was all Van needed to hear. His eyes widened. He turned around and hurried to Hitomi's chambers.

......... Hitomi saw images of herself. She was running. Running on a trackfield on earth. Suddenly out of the blue, Van appeared. She crashed into him and fell to the ground. He shouted at her, "Watch where you're running!!!"

The surroundings changed, now she was standing at the bottom of the stairs which lead to the temple where Van was had been fighting the dragon. He stood beside her and was pocketing the energist, "Don't you think that I'm going to thank you."

Next, the vision transported her into the flying fortress on Zaibach. Van had been captured and she had come to warn him from an attack Dilandeau would be aiming at him. Van turned around and shouted, "What the hell are you doing here!!??!!"

Then she was sitting on a wooden board, Van right in front of her, "Hitomi, I need you. I want you to be with me forever.I WANT YOUR ABILITIES." ......

By now Hitomi was clutching her head and tearing at her hair, causing it to loosen. She slid off the edge of the bed and kept rocking back and forth on her knees while sobbing loudly. She was so absorbed in her emotions that she didn't hear the knock at her door.

Van knocked at her door with an uneasy feeling. He hadn't gotten the chance to tell her himself. Not having heard an answer he silently opened the door. Van was taken aback when he saw Hitomi sitting on the floor. He rushed over to her, dropping down on his knees, "Oh my god Hitomi, what happened.?!"

She didn't notice him and kept on screaming and whimpering. Van wanted to take her hands away from her head to prevent her from hurting herself further. Instead she started to hit his chest repeatedly. She didn't really hurt him, but he was confused as why Hitomi would want to hit him.

Hitomi didn't know who was holding her. She was furious and the little voices in her head told her to hurt whoever the person was. All her power was suddenly drained of all energy and she simply fell unconscious. Van was shocked, "Hitomi! Hitomi say something please!" He cried to her to wake up, but it didn't help.

He swept her up into his arms and put her on her bed. After closing the door, Van sat himself onto the bed and leaned his back against the wooden headpart. He cradled her in his arms and laid her partly on his lap.

Van started to stroke her head and caress her face and bare arms wanting to wake her up gently. He whispered, "Hitomi, please wake up I've got to tell you something. Please don't sleep now. I've got to tell you or I'm gonna go crazy." He continued like this for about ten minutes, ".Hitomi my angel. I know you can hear me. Open your eyes."

Hitomi heard something. It was a silent voice near her telling her to wake up. She relaxed more into the arms of the person that was still holding her and caressing her with gentle touches. She opened her eyes and saw a blurry figure with black hair looking down at her. She blinked, the figure had dark ruby eyes. She blinked again, "Van?!"

tbc.

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Short, I know. I've got more important things to do, like write my speech on US-government. Not that I don't like writing this, but the story is close to the bottom on my priority list of my things-to-do list.

I hope you like it though, so: review!!!!!!!!!!!!! I beg of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bye, Tequ!ni