CHAPTER THIRTY
Hitomi screamed when Risa told her that she had to push. It felt like nothing that she had ever felt before. She was having a hard time focusing though since the image of Fanelia's samurai, Fried's samurai, and Asturia's samurai on Zaibach's boarders kept coming in to her mind. "I'M GOING TO KILL HIM!" She thought as Risa told her to push once more. 'Van, gods, I wish you where here.' She thought as Risa told her to push again and she squeezed Merle's hand which she thought she might break it since she squeezed it so hard. Moments later, after what felt like nearly a day had gone by, which it almost had, she could then hear the sound of her baby crying as it came in to the world. "What is it?" She asked tiredly as Risa cleaned it up.
"A boy." Risa said. "A healthy boy."
Then, it was when Hitomi felt it. "RISA…" She said and Risa looked at her. It wasn't over, not for a long while.
"Merle, go get me my sister and tell her that we need her help." Risa ordered Merle who quickly left.
The pain started to come again as she felt it come, twins, dear gods no wonder why she was so huge, she was having twins!
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The battle hadn't started yet. Each side was just staring at one another waiting for the other to start. Van wanted to get this done and over with already so that he could get back to his wife. The waiting before a serious battle like this, until one red Zaibach guymelof saw him and attacked. And with that the official battle had begun.
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Hitomi had done as she had before and Karin had been there this time to help, Merle took care of her new born son, but this one, this one had to come out as well. Hitomi screamed as she pushed the baby inside of her out, it didn't take as long this time as it had done the first, crying was once again heard, and this time it was a girl. She blushed fiercely as she stared at her two new babies who where both clothed in an outfit that Risa and Hitomi had made which happened to fit both of them. "Vari and Gaou Fanel." Hitomi said and Merle looked at her and kept licking her cheek as she gave Hitomi kisses.
"I am pleased to see that you are still alive after giving birth." A voice said from outside the door and Hitomi's eyes instantly moved to the man since she instantly recognized the voice. "Saiya, you're not suppose to be here, you're suppose to be at Zaibach! Zaibach's at war!" Hitomi said and could hear her children cry as she held them protectively. "Merle, grab my sword that's in my bag!"
Risa was about to scream to sound an alarm.
"There is no need to do that to put you and your people in danger Risa, not to mention you have these two new borns here, you wouldn't want anything to happen to them would you. Merle put that sword away, it would be useless."
"What do you want Saiya?" Hitomi asked tiredly but managed to keep herself sounding strong.
"Come with me and I will spare the life of your children for the time being." Saiya said and Hitomi looked down at them, they each had black hair like their father, though the girl had crimson red eyes like her father as well but the boy had emerald green ones like hers. "I'll come as long as you spare them and swear that you will." Hitomi said.
"You have my word, for this time I will spare them and I swear that I have come alone." Saiya said coldly.
"Merle, look after them for me." Hitomi said as she urged Merle to drop the sword and take one of them. She handed the second one to Risa. "Please take care of them." Hitomi begged.
"We will sound an alarm once you are away from the babies and he can not harm them." Risa whispered between her teeth. "I will look after them like they where my own." Risa promised.
"Hitomi…." Merle cried.
"Please Merle, please." Hitomi begged. And then followed Saiya out of the hut, urging herself to go on as she heard the sound of her children crying.
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The war had been going on for hours now and Van had still not seen the black guymelof, maybe Hitomi's vision was false? She could be wrong this once and could have dreamed it instead of having a vision. It could have been possible. Van attacked another guymelof and everyone seemed to stop as it was at that point that he seen an unwanted all too familiar glow. "That's that damn machine that Durnkork was using!" Van thought out loud as he looked at it. "Why, how is that thing still possible that it still works?" It was at that moment to when he could feel the pendant hot against his chest and he looked down to it. It was glowing, "Hitomi?" He asked and wondered why it was glowing. He suddenly stared at the pink/reddish jewel on the EscaFlowne and it was reacting as well. He then suddenly felt a blue pilpilar of light surround him and he vanished with in it.
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Hitomi found herself back in Zaibach's capital as she had been two years ago. "Why Saiya, why are you doing this? Fate should not be controlled!" Hitomi asked begging him.
"Why? For my sister that's why." Saiya replied.
"You're sister?" Hitomi asked curiously and almost wish that she hadn't.
"Naomi, Naomi is my little sister." Saiya said as he pulled Hitomi close she wanted to get away. "Naomi, had loved Van, Queen Hitomi." Saiya said as he stared in to her eyes with blue-grey ones. "As I have loved you from the moments I set my eyes on you that day when I saw you being married to Van I knew that if I acted there I would be too late. I loved you because I have heard from the journals of my grandfather that you can control fate!"
"That is no reason to start a war, Saiya!" Hitomi said as she tried to get away. "That is no reason to start a war or love somebody, you should love someone out of your heart, not because you can control fate or supposable can control fate."
"So how would you know how I feel Wing Goddess? You are married to that man that you call your husband. The man that abandoned you because of a war."
"Van did not abandon me!" Hitomi shouted but at that moment could feel Saiya pull her close and kiss her. Her hand moved up to slap Saiya in the face and did slap him. She moved her other hand to the sword at his side and grabbed it and held it to his neck. Saiya then let her go and watched her. "I'll kill you and end this now!" Hitomi said.
"So you know how to use one of these things, even in your tired condition?" Saiya asked and looked to the fate machine. "Fate is already changing Tomi." Saiya said.
"Only Van is allowed to call me Tomi here." Hitomi snapped at Saiya who just stared at her with laughing eyes. "Fate, why does fate have to revlolve around war? Why do you want to use the atlantian's machine?" She could feel her wings forcefully be pushed out at that moment. "What?" She asked confused.
"So you are one, I was hoping that fate would show your wings to me."
"The power of the Atlantis is yours for the taking and you can make me your king and by your side I can make great things happen for the new GAEA!" Saiya shouted.
"By your side Saiya? That's funny I already have a man at my side." Hitomi said and at that moment Van appeared. "VAN!" Hitomi said happily as she recognized the EscaFlowne instantly.
"Hitomi?" Van asked wondering what she was doing here and not at Ruhm's villiage. Why was she standing? She shouldn't have been standing like that being on her ninth moon! Van got out of the EscaFlowne and moved to her side. He stood in between Saiya and Hitomi protectively.
"So let's end this war Van Fanel, it seems as if my future bride will not change fate for me as I want it." Saiya said. "Grandfather had said that you had the power to change fate at will."
"I want people to have the will and the power to change their fates, not me." Hitomi said which surprised Van. "Even if that is true, I wish that Gaea could be a world with out war and could be a world of peace! True peace. I don't want my children to have to worry about this terrible bloodshed."
"Children?" Van asked. "Children…."
"I wish that WAR TRULY DIDN'T EXIST ANY MORE!" Hitomi shouted and the machine started to react at that moment as well as the pendant around Van's neck.
"You, you have the pendant of the Atlantians!" Saiya shouted as he now recognized the pendant around Van's neck. "Give it to me!" He ordered and pulled out a hidden sword with in his sheath and attacked Van. Van realized at this moment that Saiya was dressed in black armor, from head to toe, that's what Hitomi meant by the black guymelof, not a guymelof, a man. Van thought as he blocked Saiya's attacks and shouted at Hitomi to get back. Hitomi watched hopelessly as she watched as Saiya's sword then stabbed Van, not completely through him, but she didn't care. She screamed as she watched Saiya pull the bloody tip of the sword out of Van's body and watched as Van collapse to his knees on the floor. "VAN!" Hitomi shouted as she ran to his side, her wings no longer out.
"Get back." Van ordered as he looked up at Saiya and stood back up to his feet. "I will fight…" Van started to say. "MORE THEN ANYONE!" He then knocked Hitomi back out of the way and started to attack Saiya again.
"Please, please let this war end. I don't want Van to die." Hitomi prayed silently as she watched the two men fight with their weapons. Hitomi collapsed to her knees, not having the energy to stand any more, she was still too tired from giving birth only hours ago. She then heard a loud painful scream. She looked up to thankfully recognize that it wasn't Van's. Saiya fell to the ground when Van had pulled his sword out. Van's sword stabbed him through completely close to the heart.
"It seems as if you won, Fanelia." Saiya said as he looked up at the Fanelian king. "There will still be others who want to control….fate." Saiya said as he coughed up some blood.
Hitomi walked over to Van's side slowly. She watched as Saiya's eyes look in to hers. "Those who control the fate shouldn't be messed with it seems." Saiya said as he took deep gasps for air. "You are the beautiful Wing Goddess from the Mystic Moon." Saiya said as he took his last breath.
Van then put his arm around Hitomi and looked at her. "Let's get out of here and tell the others that the war is over." Van said as he used Hitomi for support.
"We have twins Van." Hitomi said as he lifted her up on his hand of the EscaFlowne. "A boy and a girl."
"Their names?" Van asked.
"After your parents as you finally agreed." Hitomi said happily as Van walked out of the palace and back on to the battle field. "The girl has raven black hair and crimson red eyes and your son has raven black hair and emerald green eyes." Hitomi said happily. She could see Van's smile through his mask. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Hitomi and Van had flew back to Ruhm's village on the EscaFlowne and left things for Van's soldiers and Fried as well as Asturia. They had two children to get to and Hitomi was beginning to believe that flying was a bad idea since she was freezing. Van suggested that they should share his long coat which made Hitomi blush fiercely at the thought. She knew she shouldn't have but she couldn't help it.
They got to Ruhm's village who had scouts out looking for Hitomi and they had to call the scouts back. Hitomi watched as Merle greeted Van and Hitomi and kissed herself and Van like crazy since she was happy that the two where still alive. Van's wound was treated first and then he was able to see his children. Hitomi smiled tiredly as she watched Van hold his son and then his daughter. "You're right Hitomi, our son has his mother's eyes." Van said and Hitomi blushed. "Our daughter has her father's eyes." Hitomi said happily and the four of them where left alone.
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Once the snows cleared the five of them went back to Fanelia and a huge celebration was going to be held for the birth of the prince and princess of Fanelia. Van watched as Hitomi looked back up at the Mystic Moon as they sat on their balcony, one night, each of the twins where asleep. Hitomi held their daughter and Van held their son in his arms. "Do you regret it?" Van asked which made Hitomi look at him again.
"This again Van?" Hitomi asked as she leaned her head against his shoulder.
"Do you?" Van asked again and Hitomi sat up straight and looked in to Van's crimson red eyes. "No, I'll never regret becoming your wife." Hitomi said. "I love you Van Fanel, now and forever I will love you and our children."
Van smiled and seemed satisfied by the answer. As carefully and gently as he could, he moved over and kissed Hitomi's lips, and tried not to wake his sleeping son. When he broke the kiss he stared in to Hitomi's emerald green eyes. "I will love and protect you now always and forever, Hitomi de'Fanel." He then looked down to the little one in his hand who made a noise. "And you and your sister to, Gaou." Van said. "We should get these two inside and we should get some sleep while we can." Van said smiling and his wife nodded and agreed.
They put the twins in the nursery part of their bedroom, and moved to their bed. Van pulled Hitomi close to him and Hitomi couldn't help but smile. "Good night, love." She whispered.
"Good night." Van whispered back and kissed Hitomi on her forehead.
When she slept that night, Hitomi Kanzaki Fanel had no dreams or any visions. That night, she slept with a real peace of hope for the future.
Was it just a dream? Or maybe a vision? No, this place is real!
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I know I ended It weird but at least it is ended. I thought chapter thirty would be a good place to end this long fan fic. I hope that everyone has enjoyed it thoroughly and I want to thank EVERYONE for ALL of the reviews. Thanks again.
….Darkaia…..