CHAPTER SIXTEEN
When Hitomi and Merle returned to the palace, it seemed like Van had heard about the incident in the city since he had been waiting for her anxiously in their room. "Hitomi, I told you that I don't want you to go out by yourself." He said somewhat mad.
"Van, the people, it wasn't even the…" Hitomi started to protest but was silenced quickly by his interruption.
"I don't care that it wasn't our people." Van insisted. "Merle, you where suppose to keep an eye out for Hitomi." Van said as he now turned to Merle rather angry.
"Van-Sama…" Merle said with teary eyes as he yelled at her. "Van-Sama I…"
"No excuses, what could have happened if it was just the two of you and not a mob of people?" He asked, his voice raising to a dangerous level. "Well, what?"
"Van-Sama… I… I…."
Hitomi grabbed hold of Van's arm which brought his crimson-brown eyes back to her. "I'm fine Van." She insisted, she seemed to be saying those words a lot to him. "We're fine, nothing happened."
"But according to one of the people they said that that man grabbed you!" Van said angrily, his voice had hit a dangerous tone, it wasn't aiming there any more, he was there.
"Merle leave now!" He ordered not even looking back and Merle quickly left the room nearly in tears when she left. She probably was by the time she slammed the door shut as she ran out. "No one is to touch you like that at all." Van said as he lost his temper.
"I'm not hurt Van…" She said but was shut up once he somehow ended up pinning her against a chair. "Van…"
"I do not want any one to touch you In that manner ever again. You are my wife and my queen, Hitomi, do not forget that."
"Van, you're hurting me." Hitomi said since Van had been pressing a little too much on Hitomi's shoulders. He looked at her in surprise and then let go and turned around somewhat embarrassed. "Sorry." He quickly apologized. "I didn't mean…" Hitomi hushed him once she hugged him from behind and rested her head on his back.
"It's fine Van, I know that you didn't mean to because you where upset about what happened earlier." Hitomi said. "Next time how about if you come to the city with us so this way no mistakes like that will happen again. Did the samurai ever catch that guy?" Hitomi asked curiously.
"No." Van answered and put his hands on Hitomi's. "They didn't." He said as he turned around and wrapped his arms around her. "I just don't want to loose you again so sometimes I end up loosing my temper when I think that you're in danger." Van said quietly and could feel his wife put her head against his chest.
"I know Van, I know, hush, I understand. I'm alright though, I'm here with you." Hitomi said in a soothing voice, as she tried to get his breathing back to normal, she could feel his heart being fast, most likely from the rush of adrenaline he had earlier from him yelling. "However, I think that you should apologize to Merle later." Hitomi said and looked up in to his eyes.
Van just looked at Hitomi, staring in to those green eyes of hers which always seemed to make him do what she asked. "I guess like you're right Tomi." Van said smiling gently at her, and sighed. "I don't know what I would do with out you." He confessed and could feel Hitomi place her head against his chest again.
"Well you don't have to worry about that now do you? I'm still here." Hitomi said, but sometimes wondered about that. Sometimes she kept expecting that blue light to come sweep her away again from her love, from Van and this world that she had come to know and love. "You won't have to live with out me unless if I find some other guy that I start to like." She could then feel Van tense when she said that since she knew that Van must have automatically been thinking of Allen since Allen was who she had a crush on before she found out her true feelings for Van. "I'm just joking, just joking." Hitomi said and gave a little laugh but could tell that Van was still tense. "Sorry, sorry, that wasn't funny now was it?" Van didn't answer; he was still just looking down at her. Hitomi sighed and Van lifted her chin. "I will not worry about that since I will make you love me for the rest of your life." Van said which made Hitomi blush. "I will give no reason for you to even think of going in to another man's arms." And with that he bent over and kissed her. (I seem to have them do that a lot, then again, I figure that it's a newly wed thing.)
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The next two months went by peacefully with out any mistrust between Van and Hitomi or between Hitomi and the people of Fanelia. Hitomi was glad that no other incidents had happened like they did two months ago in the market place on that day. However, that wasn't her problem. She blushed as she thought about it, but she didn't want to admit it or anything since it was embarrassing enough a few months ago when she had first come to Fanelia and had started her monthly cycle and had to ask her maid what women here did about that. This time, that wasn't her problem, she and Van had been married for over four months now and it was nearing the end of the fifth month and she hadn't started her period yet for this month. She sighed at the thought, this isn't what she wanted, not now anyway.
Hitomi was summoned to the court later that day and Hitomi looked at Van's advisers and only knew a few of them and only by face. "Queen Hitomi, as you know you being queen of Fanelia, you have duties not only to the King of Fanelia but to the country as well." An older woman said which made Hitomi only look at her, trying not to let a blank look appear on her face, that was how she was feeling at the moment anyway.
"Yes I know that already." Hitomi replied, though she wasn't sure what the duties to the people where actually.
"Oh, so you know that as queen you are to produce a heir for his highness King Van?" The woman asked which made Hitomi blush seeing how she was already worried about having had skipped her period.
"Is that what you called her here for, Nalea?" Van asked rather annoyed. "I thought that it was some important matter."
"This is an important matter." Nalea corrected the young king who looked at her, trying to keep his anger and annoyance down. "A heir to the thrown for when you are gone, King Van."
"Nalea, Queen Hitomi and I have agreed to wait before having children." Van said as he managed to keep his temper at bay. "We are at a time of peace, there is no need to rush to have any children now, we have only been together for almost five months now."
"Yes, even though you're young and we're at peace, doesn't mean that it might be time for our queen to produce you a heir." Nalea said raising her voice at a dangerous level.
Van stepped next to Hitomi who just stared at Nalea not knowing what to say or what to do at the moment. "Having a child can wait Nalea, there is more to being a king then producing heirs every year."
"On the Mystic Moon…" Hitomi stepped in. "In the history of the Mystic Moon's past, there are many different countries like there are here who have been ruled by kings and queens, emperors and empresses who didn't even have children, I am sure that it has happened here on Gaea as well." Hitomi said which made Nalea narrow her eyes on to Hitomi only once more.
"So you are saying that you do not want children, Queen Fanel?" Nalea asked somewhat coldly.
"Nalea, you are stepping beyond your bounds now." Van said angrily.
"No I am not your highness." Nalea said which made Van glare cold eyes at her. "I am not…."
"You are stepping out of your bounds Nalea, stand down." An older man ordered to which Hitomi was relieved. "We are at a time of peace, even if there was a small disturbance in the city two months ago, we are still at peace and in a time of peace it is not necessarily for a king to produce so many children to take the throne." The man said. "However, with out the need of EscaFlowne, the tradition of hunting dragons for that position, the energist should be changed."
"How dare you, Bal." Nalea hissed. "How dare you step in over bounds with me?" Nalea hissed.
"Nalea, I know what you're trying to do." Hitomi said trying to stop the argument from happening since she could feel the atmosphere start to get dark and moody, which made it somewhat difficult for her to stand. "However, King Van and I will have a child at the time of our choosing, not yours." Hitomi said speaking loudly. "Is that all that I am needed for?"
"Yes." Bal said smiling at Hitomi. "His highness can leave as well, I think that we need to have a talk with Nalea."
Hitomi bowed, curtsied in the Fanelian fashion gracefully and then took Van's arm who escorted her out of the room. "I have to get back to work, sorry." Van apologized as he looked at her. "Not to work with those six, but some other work that I'm suppose to do, I'll see you for dinner for sure."
"Yes I understand, I'll walk you there." Hitomi said smiling as she looked at Van who nodded.
"Are you sure? After what just happened you really don't have to." Van said and Hitomi nodded. "I'm sure Van, I like it when I can spend any time with you, even if its just for a short walk."
"Alright." Van agreed wanting to spend time with his wife as well. Van smiled as Hitomi clung to his arm as the two walked down the hall. It was moments like these, to when he was happy just being with her.
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This chapter wasn't really important to the story you could say, you could say that it was pretty much just a fill in chapter since well writers block is beginning to take over so things are going to most likely be slow for now on. Maybe I should have written things and then posted them once a week instead? O.O Too late now. If you haven't checked my list of stories yet, I have started writing another EscaFlowne fan fic to which of course is another Van/Hitomi fic. (My favorite couple in this anime) Check it out if you want. Sorry if you where bored with this chapter, I got bored writing it. O.O (Bad thing to admit to your readers ne?" UU Well anyways review ppls.