CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Hitomi realized that her plan worked a little too well since Van seemed rather annoyed at breakfast the next morning. She couldn't help but smile at the young king who frowned at her. "Good morning, my king." Hitomi said and bowed gracefully which made Merle literally fall out of her chair at the sight. Van stood up and walked over to Hitomi's chair and pulled it out for her which made Hitomi blush slightly but sat down in it anyway. "Thank you your highness." Merle stepped on Hitomi's foot once Van had returned to her seat. "What was that for?" Hitomi whispered to Merle who was giving her a death glare.
"Why are you treating Van-Sama like this?" Merle hissed dangerously.
"Why don't you ask him?" Hitomi asked back in a low angry whisper.
"Is there something going on that I should know about?" Van asked as he raised a curious eye brow.
"Nothing my king, now eat before it gets cold." Hitomi said and watched as Van gave her yet another annoyed look before shaking his head and then started to eat, still keeping his eyes on Hitomi who ate her breakfast while ignoring Merle's evil glare. 'I wish she would stop that.' Hitomi thought to herself. 'It's rather aggravating.'
When they where done with their meal Van followed Hitomi silently through the halls of the Fanellian palace quietly, as if thinking about what to say. She made her way to hers and Van's bedroom and looked through one of the drawers for a piece of paper and found one. She didn't have to look at him, but she could feel Van's eyes still on her as she drew a style of dress that was low cut and pretty popular on earth. She wanted to change it to where it would be something that would be appropriate to wear in public since she was Fanellia's queen now and that wearing some of the outfits that they had back on Earth would make Van look well… It would make things difficult for him. She suddenly felt the pencil drop out of her hand as she now felt Van's hands on her shoulders as he spun her around to where the two where facing one another. "Van?" She asked rather puzzled and before she knew it, he was kissing her. "He can live two years with out me here and with out doing this, but the moment that we get married he goes nuts for not getting kissed after a whole day!" It was amusing, Hitomi had to admit that much, but it was also rather enjoyable.
The kiss was broken when Van had become short on breath and just stared in to Hitomi's green eyes. "Are you really that mad at me?" Van asked which made his young wife start to laugh. "What's so funny?" He demanded to know.
"Sorry, it's just that you're cute when you…" Before she could finish her sentence she could feel herself now being picked up, carried across the floor, and then pinned on the bed.
"I'm what Hitomi? Why are you so upset with me?" Van asked and Hitomi couldn't help but smile at him.
Hitomi sighed as she stared in to his crimson-brown eyes and ran her fingers through his wild raven black hair. "Van Fanel, you are such a baka!" Hitomi said which made him blink. "Can you not go one day with out having me in your bed?" She asked blushing. "You know that I need a break from that anyway once in a while. I was only messing with you when I said what I said yesterday." She shook her head. "You need to learn how to control your jealousy your highness."
Van just blinked at her even though that didn't exactly answer his question, but at this moment it would do. "You are strange, Hitomi Fanel, do you know that?" Van asked smiling down at his wife. "You are very strange."
"I know." Hitomi said softly. "And cursed to remember?" She added making a joke. Van kissed Hitomi once again as he leaned over closer to her, this morning would be theirs.
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Merle sighed as she sat on top of the roof and looked out at Fanellia. Everyone was happy and working as they should be, all except for her. She hoped that she would be sent out again so that she wouldn't have to stay here all by herself when Van and Hitomi wanted to be alone. It was different before the two where married but now, now the seemed to want to be alone more often and so it was lonely after a while. The sky looked so blue that it could reach on for miles on end. Her pink hair blew in the wind and she looked over the city that she had come to love. She didn't remember much about her home when she was younger all she could remember was here in Fanellia and being with Van and his parents. They had adopted her in to their family, and she would protect her family no matter what. However, the whole thing with Naomi bothered her since Naomi was a powerful priestess when she had the title as high priestess, and had many followers even though she wasn't as high as King Van.
She didn't know if she was being silly or not, but she knew that something was most likely coming and she wanted to be here to protect them. Van and Hitomi where her family now. At the next full moon Naomi's fate would be sealed, and her future would be torn away as she died. However, this was still a few days from now, and would approximately be the same time to when Van would return to his duties as king. She didn't have the powers that Hitomi had when it came to being a seer, but she didn't like the idea one bit. She would have to keep a close eye on Hitomi since no one before Naomi had succeeded to the high priestess position at such a young age. The doctors had indeed indicated that the old high priestess died of a heart attack, but the old high priestess was still fairly young to have one. "Van-Sama…" She thought out loud and sighed. "Keep yourself safe."
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When Hitomi woke up it appeared to be about in the afternoon sometime and she sat up quickly, but not too quickly to where she managed to keep the covers over her chest. Van had gone from the room which made Hitomi sigh since there where still three days of their honeymoon left. It wasn't much of a honeymoon since they never really did get to go where they want like they would have on the Mystic Moon, but since Van was king, he was restricted to certain areas even if these where peaceful times. Hitomi decided to take a bath before she got in to her dress and was glad to see that she would have the overly large tub to herself. She had decided to bring her dress and other cloths in with her before she had even came in. The water was nice and warm as usual and she wondered if Fanellia had discovered how to heat their water as Earth had. Earth had so much more technology compared to Gaea, but it was a nice trade. She loved the clean air and clean water better then her CD player or her digital watch, or the t.v. Earth had lost much of its beautiful nature when man had decided to change it. She had hope for this planet and that it would not suffer the same fate as Earth had.
After she washed herself she had got out of the hot water reluctantly and dried herself off, almost all expect her hair since that was still damp so she just wrapped it with the towel and dried it that way after she had gotten dressed. She had changed a lot since she had come here for her first time two years ago, her hair, her height, and even her attitude towards life was different. She wondered how much of her old self Van had liked and how much of her new self he liked. Van had changed as well, but she was glad that he was no longer that crazy boy that she had first met who had sworn to protect her no matter what. Hinata was waiting for her when she had gotten out of the bathroom and Hitomi blinked at the older woman having had not seen her for some time since before the wedding actually now that she thought about it. "Hinata-san, how are you?"
"I'm fine, Queen Hitomi, thank you. Now, I have been away from my duties as your hand maid too long, my queen, come, let me fix your hair, I see that you can not do it as well by yourself with out my help." The older woman said smiling.
"What's that suppose to mean Hinata? You're cruel, of course it's a mess as you know I just got out of the bath." Hitomi protested as she took it out of the towel.
"Never mind that your highness, now please sit down." Hinata said as she pulled the chair in front of the mirror away. "Do not mind me asking, but how is it that you like your marriage life to my king?" Hinata said smiling at the young queen's sudden blush.
"How am I suppose to answer such a question?" Hitomi asked not knowing how to answer it, and could feel her face blushing.
"Is King Van treating you well, Queen Hitomi? I could always speak to him about how he should treat a woman. He would listen to me to, since I don't think that he would dare mess with me. He once saw me scold a knight on how to treat a woman after the knight pestered the woman to get in bed with him even though they where not married." Hinata said smiling.
"No, that's not needed, Hinata-San, I can handle King Van myself thank you." Hitomi said smiling since she could imagine Hinata doing that. "I have my own weapons to deal with his highness and they seem to work quite well."
"The matters of sex is always a weak one for a man." Hinata said grinning.
"No, not that. I just have some other forms to use against him, not talking to him for one thing." Hitomi said smiling.
"That works with only some men, some men wish that their woman would shut up." Hinata said trying not to laugh.
"Yes, that's true." Hitomi said giving a slight giggle. "Speaking of his highness, do you know where he went? I fell asleep earlier having had been still tired from yesterdays ride and he seemed to have disappeared."
"I don't know." Hinata admitted. "I could have someone find out for you if you wish."
"No, that's fine, thank you." Hitomi said to the older woman. "Can I ask you a question Hinata?" Hitomi asked suddenly.
"Anything your highness." Hinata said as she started to finish up on Hitomi's hair.
"Do you know when Naomi, the former high priestess is going to be put to…"
"Death, yes I do. However, the king ordered me not to tell you, and told me that he would tell you himself."
"Thank you anyway though." Hitomi said sadly. "I have heard that there are people in this country who are protesting against King Van's command that the high priestess should be killed for her crime." Hitomi said. "I heard that it could split the country in half."
"The high priestess is one who conducts all of Fanellia's ceremonies, traditional events, and so forth. Some people think highly of her, some think of her more highly then the king however as we both know, this isn't the truth. What the king decides, goes, no matter what and especially if Naomi was the High Priestess, she tried to kill the queen who is above the High Priestess in power. They say that the High Priestess can see the past, present, and future as well as talk to the gods."
"The Priests and Priestess on the Mystic Moon aren't really used for such things any more now that there are more religions popping up all over the Mystic Moon." Hitomi explained. "We still have Priests and Priestess but they aren't used as much as they once where."
"The High Priestess had many followers and therefore, this is causing most of the trouble with them. They think that you, Queen Hitomi Fanel, should have been killed by her because the gods told her to do so."
"You knew Queen Vari didn't you, Hinata-San?" Hitomi asked the older woman curiously.
"Yes, the people gave her a difficult time as well." Hinata answered. "There, you're all done your highness. Now what you need to do is gain the peoples trust. You have mine, Queen Hitomi."
"Thank you, Hinata, I wish that I had more peoples trust to add to yours." Hitomi said and watched as Hinata moved over to the table to which Hitomi had left the un-finished drawing of the dress on.
"What a strange outfit." Hinata said as she picked up the barely begun drawing.
"It's not done yet of course, but it's something similar to what is worn on the Mystic Moon. One of the styles anyway, there are so many different cloths its hard to choose from sometimes, or at least it was." Hitomi said as she corrected herself.
"It seems as if you're trying to change it some to look like both your world and this one my queen, perhaps if I could help you some? I am more familiar with Fanellia's clothing."
"That would be a great help, I don't want it to be too formal though, but formal enough if you can understand what I'm saying." Hitomi said and watched as Merle came in, opening the door. "I want to help!" The younger girl said happily.
"How long where you listening?" Hitomi asked Merle as she raised her eye brow.
"Not long, just long enough to hear about the cloths." The young cat woman admitted.
"Alright, alright, come on." Hitomi said smiling at her friend, another person who she knew that she had earned trust from. Hitomi realized that maybe starting off at such a small number wasn't such a bad idea. Trust is earned, not given, no matter what titles you have, she had known this for a long time. She would just have to earn the people of Fanellia's trust, even if it was bit by bit, piece by piece she would earn it. She would make them respect her after she had earned their trust, and make them know that she was rightfully Van's queen and just not by marriage.
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Here ends Chapter Fourteen. Yes it's sort of side track, but oh well. You can't really do with out a few of those in any anime series, book, manga, and even a fan fic there has to be some side track chapters. Well tell me what you think. I hope that things are becoming much clearer for all of you to what is happening.