Fanallia

The girl from the Mystic Moon, Hitomi sat up, having had once again found herself in the bed but this time, there was light coming in to her room, and she noticed that she wasn't alone. She smiled as she recognized the short raven black hair that belonged to the young King Van. "Van…" She couldn't help but whisper as she stared at him. Poor thing she thought. He must have fallen asleep while looking after me. Hitomi paused and then gasped suddenly. Wait a minute; I didn't collapse again did I? That was obvious, she was back on the bed and the last thing she remembered was talking to a maid about her being from then Mystic Moon. She was saying that I was from the Mystic Moon and I know that I am, but why can't I remember any of it? She asked and then held her head. Why, why can't I remember? Hitomi could remember all of her memories from when she had first come to Gaea, but after she had departed from this world, everything was blank. Hitomi looked at the sleeping Van and blinked as he woke up. "Good Morning, well its more of either after noon or evening now isn't it?" Hitomi asked being able to tell because of the light through the window.

"Hitomi." Van said somewhat sleepy, but then quickly pulled himself together. "Are… are you alright?" He asked with a rather worried.

She couldn't help but continue to smile at the raven haired young man. "Yes, mostly, besides the fact that I can't seem to remember anything about being back on the Mystic Moon." Hitomi replied and watched Van stare back at her which made Hitomi blush.

"Normally I would have said it's great to see you again." Van said seriously after a few moments of silence. "But what about your memories?"

"What about them?" Hitomi asked. "I can't remember, all I can remember is that I am absolutely certain that I am from the Mystic Moon. I can't remember anything about it though."

"Do you remember how I found you?" Van asked seriously. "You probably don't, but I don't know something called me, that same light that took me to the Mystic Moon the first time, and us back to Gaea. That light took me away, and I found you in the darkness Hitomi. The state that you where in after we re-appeared here together…." Van said but quickly hushed himself.

Hitomi stared in to Van's eyes still, not being able to pull herself away from them. "I know that I probably don't belong here, and I know that I might have been sent here for a reason like I was the first time, but I don't care why I had to come Van." Hitomi suddenly said, not being able to keep her mouth shut. "All I do know, is that I want to at least stay for a visit if you'll let me if you do not want me here."

Van didn't answer right away, and it seemed as if he was thinking of the right words to say. "You can stay as long as you like Hitomi, or as long as whatever it is will let you. This room can be yours during your visit." Van said rather painfully. "Now, however, I want you to come with me, if you would. After you've had a chance to bathe and eat since most women don't like going with out either for more then a day if they don't have to." He said half smiling. "The woman who first attended to you, is one of my personal servants, Hinata, she will be taking care of you a while longer for me whenever I'm away."

"Van, I can take care of myself, alright? I don't need to be served or anything like that." Hitomi protested.

"I Insist. She also decided to go ahead and have some measurements taken from you to get you at least one outfit made, so you don't have to keep wearing the same outfit like you did the last time. This time we won't be traveling so you won't have to." Van said. "Hinata." Van called to the woman who was standing outside the bedroom doors. "Please take care of her for me for now, with a bath and something to eat. I need to go get some things taken care of for now, but I will be back later."

"Yes King Van." Hinata said almost quietly and bowed as the raven haired king left the room. "Now, Miss Hitomi, please follow me." Hinata said as she looked at the brown haired girl.

"But…" Hitomi protested as she watched the door even though Van had already left.

"He will be back, Miss. Hitomi. Now, follow me." Hinata said more forcefully this time. Before Hitomi knew it, Hinata was pushing her in through a door that was on the far side of the room. Hinata pushed open the door and practically shoved Hitomi inside. The room was huge, it was large, almost the size as the bedroom, but somewhat smaller. A large bath tub was in the center of the blue marble floor, which took up a lot of the space, it would have been wide enough to swim in if it wasn't so shallow, or at least it looked shallow; she couldn't really tell. "This is the bath area, obvious isn't it? These type of bath rooms are in the royal families room, and the guests room." Hinata explained. "The door back there leads to another, small room, which has a sink, and is what most people would call it, the out house, though its not really an out house is it?" Hinata said almost laughing. "Leave your cloths there and I'll take them away."

"I don't want them thrown away." Hitomi said quickly as Hinata started to leave.

"Excuse me?" Hinata asked a bit puzzled.

"I don't want them thrown away." Hitomi repeated.

"But our seamstress is making a lot of nice new pretty cloths just for you. Why would you want to keep those?" Hinata asked rather puzzled.

"I don't know myself, but I just don't want them thrown away, I don't have any memories from the Mystic Moon or anything to remember it by. It might sound silly, but…." Hitomi said pausing.

Hinata shook her head. "No, I understand, I'll have to hide them from the other maids though."

"Thank you." Hitomi said as Hinata left. She got un-dressed and then slipped in to the surprisingly hot, deep water. It's actually warm. Hitomi thought to herself as she sat down on the lower step. The Mystic Moon, that's what these people call the planet that hangs high in the sky. No, that's not what its real name is. Hitomi thought to herself. What…. What is it? She asked herself as she sat there. Why? Hitomi asked with tears started to fall. Why can't I remember it?

What seemed like a few hours, was actually no more then an hour or so when someone knocked on the door. "Miss Hitomi, it's Hinata, I'm coming in." Hinata said through the door and then opened it. She held a white towel in her hands, and walked over to Hitomi and then handed it to her. "I washed your cloths myself and then hid them in your drawer."

"Thank you Hinata." Hitomi said as she wrapped herself with the towel.

"Stay here, Miss Hitomi." Hinata said. "I will be back with your cloths."

When Hitomi had finished with the bath half an hour later, she looked around for a towel or something, and sighed in relief whenever she found one hanging on the side of the wall to where it should be. She wrapped it around herself, even though her hair would still be soaking wet, which couldn't be helped for now, she guessed. The door knocked at what seemed like the perfect moment. "Yes?" Hitomi asked rather curiously, not being sure if it was Hinata or not.

"I'm back." Hinata said politely behind the door.

"Come in." Hitomi replied and Hinata entered and bowed. "Here it is." Hinata said as she held out a long dress, that looked as if it would go past Hitomi's feet. She couldn't tell what type of material it was, but it didn't matter, it was beautiful anyway. Once she touched the purple dress, she realized that it was made from silk, and was styled in the countries fashion. "Wow, it's beautiful." She said out loud, having had repeated her thoughts. "I can't believe that Van would do such a thing."

"King Van." Hinata corrected, and stressed the king part.

Hitomi just nodded not wanting to argue with her, and then was also handed another piece of clothing as well as something else that was familiar. "Thanks." Hitomi said as she took the underwear, blushing some. "I was wondering about that and then these are my tarot cards." Hitomi said rather surprised as she fumbled with the cards, still inside their case. "Where did you get this?" Hitomi asked, having had almost forgotten that she was still in nothing more then a towel.

"You had them with you when King Van brought you here." Hinata explained. "When I had to…. Check to see if you where wounded, I found them with you." Hinata explained.

"Thank you." Hitomi said and watched as Hinata bowed and then left the bathroom. "My tarot cards." Hitomi thought as she placed them down on the chair to where she had placed her cloths earlier. "These where with me, the very first time that I came here." She said and then gasped, realizing that she had remembered that. "They where, weren't they?" She asked herself as she stared at them as she put the purple silk dress on. "But I didn't know that, how could I know that?" She asked and finished getting dressed. She grabbed the tarot cards as she left the bathroom, clutching hold of them, tightly.

After she was allowed to leave, getting an OK by Hinata, she found herself, walking outside the bedroom, and finding herself in a completely different palace then what she had remembered. The walls where just as high, but the decorations that hung from the palace walls where completely different. Then again, that was to be expected, since all of the original decorations where all burned down with the palace. As she walked down the hall, she suddenly stopped since she heard the sound of running coming from the direction to which she had just came from. A pink haired cat girl was running after her, and then jumped at her whenever she got close enough to. "Hitomi!" The girl, no, woman shouted as she embraced Hitomi and Hitomi held her back. "Merle, its been a long time I think, hasn't it?" Hitomi asked, not sure of how long it had actually been since she had seen the annoying cat girl.

"Yes, three years." Merle replied and then let Hitomi go. "I heard, about you not being able to remember the… your…. home." Merle said.

"Yes, that's true, but I don't know why, its just all fuzzy and blank whenever I try to think about it. People tell me that I'm from the Mystic Moon, and that something inside of me tells me that I am, but I can't seem to remember it. If I had been found by someone else, I wouldn't have even believed you that I was from the Mystic Moon." Hitomi explained. "I feel as if I had just woke up from a very long sleep and that we only seen one another just a few weeks ago instead of years, strange isn't it?" Hitomi asked as she stared at Merle. "I can remember everything that happened here from three years ago, but the parts to when we talk about my home, are just blank."

"You've always been strange anyway." Merle said trying to change the subject. "You remember that don't you? Anyways, its good to see you again Hitomi." The cat girl said with a smile. "Anyways, come on, its time to eat, I'll take you. And that dress doesn't suit you Hitomi, I think that the outfit that you wore the first time looked better." Merle said with a wink. "Lord Van wanted it so it was done." She said with a smile. "Let's go eat!"

"Sure." Hitomi agreed. "Sounds good."

The evening meal was rather good, Hitomi didn't realize that she was as hungry as she was since she ate more then she think she should have, she didn't feel too bad since she wasn't the only one eating a lot. She and Merle chatted away, and talked about what happened in Fanallia since Hitomi hasn't been there. They managed to keep away about the touchy subject of the Mystic Moon since Hitomi's memory had been swiped clean of it and no one could figure out why. She also found out about her other friends that she had made while she had stayed here on Gaea, and found out that they where all doing alright. "Everything has changed here." Hitomi said suddenly and sighed.

"Yes, it has, and especially since there's no longer war here, its so peaceful. It's nice." Merle agreed. "Are you going to stay this time, Hitomi?" Merle asked quietly.

"I don't know." Hitomi answered truthfully. "I want to, but I guess its not up to me is it?" Hitomi said and smiled at the cat girl as they where now walking down the palace halls.

"Hey Hitomi?" Merle asked as they where nearing Hitomi's room.

"What is it, Merle?" Hitomi asked and blinked curiously at the pink hair cat.

"Want to have a sleep over? Your room, mines kind of a mess, or was a mess, unless if the maid didn't get around to it by now and if she hasn't well she's slow." Merle said.

"Umm….." Hitomi started to say, but before she could answer, Hinata showed up.

"Lady Hitomi, the rest of the cloths that the seamstress made for you have already been brought to your room." Hinata said bowing. "I hope that you remember how to get to your room?" She asked calmly.

"Yes, thank you." Hitomi said and then thought did she just call me lady? Obviously, Merle's annoying laughter was enough of an answer. "Why did you just call me lady Hinata?" Hitomi asked and looked at her rather curiously.

"Because," Hinata answered. "It is what King Van told everyone to call you."

"But I'm not even royalty." Hitomi protested.

"How would you remember that right?" Hinata asked and gave a playful wink. "And besides an order is an order."

"Lord Van's lost it!" Merle said cracking up as she now held her rips and was rolling on the floor.

"That's King Van." Hinata corrected. "And look at you, your how old now and are still doing such childish things."

"Merle, we'll have to do that sleep over thing another time alright? I'm sorry but I'm not in the mood for it tonight." Hitomi lied. "Excuse me and good night." Hitomi said and quickly walked down the hall. She didn't like lieing to Merle about the sleep over thing since she knew that Merle probably wanted to do it, but she just wasn't in the mood at the moment. Some time to herself would be nice, so that she could try to figure this whole thing out. Lady Hitomi. She thought to herself with a half smile. It was completely crazy. She opened the bedroom doors to her room, the one to where she was now staying, and closed them behind her. Hitomi sighed as she leaned against the doors. Something told her to look up so she followed that feeling. "Van…" She breathed as she stared at the man who was waiting for her, looking over the balcony. Quietly, she walked over towards the young king, and looked out the balcony with him. They stayed like this, for some time, neither one of the two said anything. The site of the city below was beautiful, and the stars looked so close: so close, that you could almost touch them. "The Mystic Moon." She accidentally out loud as she stared up at the blue planet high in the sky. "Why can't I remember it?" She asked and could feel Van hold her hand that was on the balcony. "Van…" She said as she stared in to the man's eyes.

"I think, that someone doesn't want you to remember that place, Hitomi." Van said calmly. "I don't know who would, but there where a few people who knew about you whenever you where here." Van told her. "And the one who found you, was me, so I'm not sure when they had time to take them, but we'll try to get them back." Van opened Hitomi's hand and then pushed something inside and then closed Hitomi's hand around it.
"My, pendant." Hitomi said.

"Yes, this is the second time that I'll return it to you now." Van said.

The wind goddess, the seer, the girl from the mystic moon, the one commonly known as Hitomi Kanzaki, held up the pendant, and stared at it, watching its beauty. She then placed it around her neck, and stared off in to the sky. "I think that someone has taken my memories from the Mystic Moon away, Van, but they brought me back here, back to you." She said, blushing as the king just stared at her, but said nothing.