A/N: This chapter is soley on Dita and Hibiki. Enjoy.

Chapter Eight: A New Life

Hibiki took Dita by the hand and pulled her out, following Meia down the hall. In her hands she held some sort of rifle, she led them down a long corridor before cutting around a corner. An automatic door slid open as they entered to reveal a stationed dread. The rest of the Nirvana crew left to their respective vehicles.

"How the hell? Don't tell me you killed all of them?" asked Hibiki strapping himself into Meia's dread.

"Nope, most of them. Everyone's worried about you." she exclaimed. The alarms had been set off and the hangar gates closed. Dita panicked but Meia just smirked.

"These bastard's don't know when to quit." she yelled as she pushed into the controls, making the dread speed to the now closed gates. Without stopping, Meia plunged her dread into the gate creating a large gaping hole, an exit. But surely enough, harvest fighters came whizzing at them firing relentlessly. A question sparked into his head.

"How did you know we were on that ship?" he asked.

"Dita's dread has a tracking device placed on its left wing so Parfait was able to track you guys down." she said. Hibiki thought for a moment and glanced at Dita who was still suffering from her wound. How would he be able to explain this? To Meia and Jura that their weaknesses had been exposed.

"By the way, you weren't captured by the harvest. Turns out, these are the allies to them." said Meia who was fiddling with the controls. That was strange, his premonitions. There was no doubt about it, they were coming true at a fast pace.

"Where's everyone else?" he asked.

"Well, most of enemy ships had gone and left that one behind. So it was easy to invade. We also had to free several others that were in their custody." she announced. They reached sight of the Nirvana when Hibiki couldn't keep it in any longer.

"Meia, change your flying strategy." he said. Meia looked at him confused. Dita held her breath.

"What for?"

"Just do it alright. The enemy is getting stronger and there's a good chance they'll catch on." he shot back. But his excuse didn't work, she saw right passed it. Meia gasped.

"You told them!"

They arrived shortly back in the hangar of the Nirvana when Hibiki caught sight of his Vanguard and Dita's dread undergoing repairs. Without warning, Meia turned to Hibiki and threw him against a wall. Dita nearly screamed, she was strong.

"What else did you tell them? How do I know you're not working for them? Are you brainwashed?" she said holding him to the wall. Hibiki couldn't get out of her grasp due to his fatigue. He looked her straight in the eye, but what he saw he couldn't comprehend. There was no anger in her eyes, they were filled by tears of sorrow. She held a look of... betrayal.

"Tell me! For all I know, you could have told them everything about us. They could even be trading that information with other enemy fleets!" she yelled. Hibiki finally realized the consequences of his actions. Before he could answer any of those questions, Meia released him and stormed out of the hangar. Dita rushed over to him but was shoved away. His mistake was too great to be comforted.

"Get the hell away from me." he growled trying to conceal his inner sorrow. But Dita could sense it, she knew he was about to cry. Even though Hibiki never did like to be comforted for his mistakes, she thought he needed it. Anger filled Hibiki with rage as the young woman kept on attempting to hug him, to make his emotions heard he hit Dita in the exact same spot she had been repeatedly been hit back at the enemy mother ship. She knelt down to the floor clutching her cheek with both hands sobbing. Hibiki didn't feel any sympathy for her, trying to save someone's life and later getting penalized for it could do that.

Hibiki sat quietly within the confines of another cell, this time in the Nirvana. He still hadn't been treated for his wounds so the best thing he could do was to keep his shirt over it. The laser grid that kept him inside glowed a bright green. Damn it, what were they going to do to him? Why was love such a thing to gain but then again so hard to lose? He didn't know what was right any more. You know what? It wasn't his fault, what would he do if Dita died before he did? His ears perked up when he heard footsteps approach, he didn't want attention so he left his gaze focusing on an empty wall. Who ever it was, they turned off the laser grid. He turned around to see Dita standing at the doorway. Bandages wrapped her cheek and collarbone. He turned back around so he couldn't look into her precious blue eyes.

Dita sat next to him, her hands rested neatly on her lap.

"Hibiki?" she whispered. He didn't answer.

"Hibiki please. I've talked it over with the commander. You're not in trouble, I spoke for you and told them what happened. Here. I brought some medical supplies." she said placing a hand on his shoulder. Hibiki shook her hand off him, he didn't want to talk. He hated to admit it, but after hitting a women he felt lower than a third class citizen.

"No worries, I understand. I forgive you." she said. Hibiki couldn't hold it in any longer, he faced her and embraced her tightly. Clutching her soft body within his arms. So much has happened and yet he knew they could stay together through anything.

"But we must stay strong Mr... I mean Hibiki. The new enemy has tactics we never thought we see." she said patting his shoulder. "Oh and Misty wants to talk to you." she said. Hibiki pulled away and gave her a suspicious glance.

"What? I don't know what's it about." she said waving her hands in front of her face. Hibiki walked through the hall of the Nirvana, bandages wrapped around his shoulder, he avoided every crowded hall, for a fact he knew some people were upset with him. He didn't have to walk very far as he soon bumped into Misty. As soon as she spotted him, she ran up and hugged him.

"Thank God, your safe." she said. Hibiki felt an uncanny warmness in his heart, she was a friend that you could most of the time count on.

"Dita told me how brave you were. She told everyone that you saved her life." she said. Hibiki blushed. There was something he wanted to ask her.

"Misty? Can I ask you something personal?" he asked. Misty nodded cheerfully.

"How do men and women have kids?" he said remembering Dita's words. Misty seemed to be taken aback by the question but was willing to share her information.

"Intercourse" she stated. A question mark appeared over his head.

"What is that?" he asked feeling strangely embarrassed about the whole conversation. Misty herself seemed to blush at the subject. She went up to him and whispered into his ear about it. Hibiki's eyes widened as the mystery of "Intercourse" was revealed to him. He stumbled back as he tried to comprehend the information.

"You did that before?" he asked. Misty blushed profusely, she didn't give a yes nor a no. "So, you're telling me that there's a reason for why men and women have those... how do I say this... um... bodily functions?" he asked looking bewildered. Misty nodded.

"Why do you think I wanted you as a boyfriend?" she asked. Hibiki thought for a second.

"I thought you wanted to bother me, but I see that's not what a boyfriend is. So can Dita and I do that?" he asked. Misty shot him a surprised glance but gave him a nod.

"So the things on your chest is not just for show?" he added. Misty flushed.

"Some of the time but they serve as more of a parenting tool." she said slightly flustered. Since the ship had entered a calm universe, he had nothing to do except meet up with Dita. But first, he was starving. He bid Misty a farewell since he was literally going to avoid her for a while, he wasn't going to hear the last of this conversation for at least a couple of weeks. He wandered around, soon finding himself in the men's quarters. When he entered, his nose seemed to lead him on to something.

"What's that delicious smell?" he whispered into the air. The smell led him to his bed, like the card that had been there, there was now a big bowl of steaming liquid. Hibiki stared at it and then looked around, there was no one there here. He carefully sat next to it and eyed it, smacking his lips together.

"Need help?" said a familiar voice. Hibiki looked over to the doorway to find Dita. She walked in and sat next to him. It was true, Hibiki was finding it difficult to move his right arm, his other arm was aching from fatigue. Dita noticed his dilemma and picked up the bowl and held it on her lap. As she spoon fed him the soup from the bowl, the question on her mind quickly came into perspective.

"So, what happened with Misty?" she asked. Hibiki nearly choked, he couldn't tell her of his plans.

"Nothing much, just asking questions about what happened." he lied. He found himself staring at Dita's chest. For some reason, his eyes wouldn't let up. He slowly slid his hand on her leg, Dita hadn't noticed and cheerfully kept feeding him. He inched his hand upward, feeling the soft skin of her thigh. This time Dita stopped and eyed his hand.

"What are you doing?" she said very calmly. Hibiki retreated his hand quickly, but Dita grabbed it.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything" he said sounding stupid. He looked at her and realized that she was smiling. She took his hand and placed it onto her cheek. Hibiki felt a weird sensation creep up on him when Dita muttered six words that would forever change his out look on women.

"Do what you want with me..."

She seductively laid back on his bed, spreading her arms out so that Hibiki could look at her well curved body. All of a sudden, Hibiki felt the room warm up. He didn't know how to approach her, but he listened to what Misty had said. Should he do this "Intercourse" thing? Would Dita allow it? He lowered his head to hers, he didn't want to just go in and kiss her. He wanted to... tease her a bit. But how could he do that? What if? Was kissing only restricted to the mouth?

He leaned over and kissed her neck to see what would happen. Shivers ran through Dita's body. He did it again, this time her breathing became slightly more heavy. Hey, this worked. What about her stomach? He kissed her naval, her back arched suddenly. Wow, this really was working. What if he touched her? He slowly caressed her stomach slowly reaching upward to her black tank top. What if he touched her "breasts"? Were they really called that? Weird name. Would she let him? He cautiously slid his hands under her tank top...

A few month past and there were no signs of any enemy hostility in the area. The Nirvana was quiet, especially in the lounge where Hibiki and Dita sat quietly in. They sat side by side, enjoying each others company until Hibiki decided to go to the bathroom. Dita felt her heart pump. Did they really do what she thought they did? Did their love go beyond man and woman? She anxiously tapped her finger on the table. When was Pyoro going to show up? She kept her ears up, making sure Hibiki didn't make a premature appearance. Surely, the small robot glided into the lounge, Dita thought her heart skipped a beat. She stood.

"So? What is it?" she asked holding her arms close to her. The small robot looked at her.

"Positive"

Dita smirked, she knew it.

"All right, destroy the evidence. Thanks Pyoro." she said sitting back down. Hibiki entered, before he could resume his place his place next to Dita. The alarm sounded.

"Shit, we got incoming" said Hibiki. Dita got up and headed for the hangar but stopped. She had to think, she had to be smart about this. She was risking her life, she hadn't though about how much she's putting at risk. Right now, she was no longer risking her own life. Not anymore. She didn't have to worry about Hibiki for she knew he could take care of himself. That wasn't the problem. Right now...

She was risking two life's.

What does she mean bya new life? How is she risking two lifes if she's only mentioning herself? Find out on the next chapter.