UNFORGOTTEN
Chapter 4: False Vision
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"Van? Van??" Hitomi called out confused. "VAN?!?" she tried to catch him but he was too heavy for her. Hitomi luckily ran ahead and caught his head so he wouldn't injure it. "What happened?" she whispered to herself. It doesn't look like he fainted. Someone must have done something to him, but what? And why? Hitomi felt for his pulse but she couldn't feel one. Her body flooded with fear. "Please don't die Van!! Please!" What if he's having a vision? Hitomi shook her head. No, that's impossible. Only I have visions. Or maybe… This calls for drastic measures. Hitomi closed her eyes tight before starting to do something she had done once before to save Van's life.
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Hitomi hugged Van to herself tightly. She furrowed her eyebrows as her head started spinning. Something's trying to block me out, but I won't let it. She tried harder and eventually darkness took over her. Hitomi collapsed on the ground while hugging Van to herself.
When the coast was clear someone looming nearby snuck outside and into the depths of the forest.
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Hitomi looked about herself as she searched for Van. She couldn't lose him now. Not before she told him. Tears threatened to spill as she raced down a never-ending corridor. Hitomi skidded to a halt as she passed by a crack in the wall. It was the smallest crack but it seemed odd to even be there. She tilted her head to one side in confusion. Curiosity and anxiouty spread throughout her body and mind as she realized it said something in Japanese.
"Touch." Hitomi whispered softly as she gently touched the wall. The corridor walls fell as darkness took over, leading Hitomi to a beautiful place. A small gasp escaped her lips as she recalled being in this well kept land before. Angel's flew overhead carrying baskets and such to beautiful white homes in the sky. Soft green grass covered the land from head to foot. Hitomi glanced around as if looking for something. She smiled as her eyes fell upon a huge tree on a big patch of land. Her heart gave a leap of joy as she saw someone placed under it. "Van!"
Hitomi's feet carried her over to the tree ever so quickly, as if she knew exactly where to go. She smiled down at the huddled figure, but it was soon replaced by a frown. There was another person by Van, talking to him gently. "Van?" Hitomi called out, but he or the person, a girl in fact, didn't hear him. She choked when she noticed the girl to be herself! "Nani??" Hitomi was quite confused. Dark fog seemed to overtake her brain as she cried out in pain. The floor crumbled beneath her feet and the scene vanished. Tears urged to come forth but her eyes remained dry and confused.
The longer Hitomi kept falling the more cold and isolated she felt. Her back felt sore as if someone had been lashing at her back. Hitomi mustered some strength to yell out the only word she could think of.
"VAN!!!!!" her scream seemed to echo around her, pounding into her ears. Tears finally emerged from her innocent green eyes. A white light appeared before her and a hand grabbed her around the waist. Hitomi smiled, as she knew exactly who it was. She placed her arms around his neck as his wings carried them upward. She whispered his name before she fell limp in his arms.
The pendant around Van's neck glowed as he hung on to Hitomi. "Hitomi?" he called her name gently with urgency in his voice. Soft grass met his feet as they landed. Hitomi opened her eyes and looked up at Van happily.
"I thought I had lost you forever." Hitomi whispered.
Van just smiled back and shook his head. "You couldn't lose me even if you wanted to. Where are we anyways?"
Hitomi sat up and opened her eyes wide. They were both in a wide field that Hitomi had never remembered being to before. "I don't know." She glanced around; worry replaced her once happy and cheerful eyes. Her gaze finally landed on the soft pink pendant that hung around Van's neck. "Maybe…" she touched the pendant gingerly and it began to glow. Hope replaced her eyes.
Van smiled. "This'll get us back. Good job Hitomi. You always end up saving me you know?" The pendant continued to glow but nothing happened. "Ano…maybe you have to make a wish."
Hitomi gasped. A wish? Iie! Someone always gets hurt! She jerked her hand away from the pendant as if it had burned her. Van looked worried, but before he could ask anything white light swallowed him up. Before he was carried away he heard a cry that wrenched at his heart and he wished the stupid light was gone so he could see what was going on.
"VAAAAN!!!" It was Hitomi's voice.
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"Hitomi!!" Van jerked his body up in bed. Sweat poured down his face as he breathed harshly. He was in a bed of some sort but that didn't matter to him now. "Where's Hitomi?" he looked beside him and saw another bed. "Hitomi was laying peacefully upon it as if she was sleeping. A calm feeling swept over him as he saw she was safe. "Must have been a dream." He walked over to her sleeping form and touched her warm cheek gently. "Aishiteru," he whispered softly. Tears suddenly fell from Hitomi's eyes which worried Van greatly. "Nani?" he whispered to himself. Deciding it best to wake Hitomi up he started to shake her gently. "Hitomi? Hitomi?! Wake up Hitomi!!" She didn't budge. The tears kept spilling. Van's hand headed towards Hitomi's. He would stay by her side until she woke up. His fingers touched hers for only a moment when he pulled them back scared. Fear crept into Van's eyes. Her fingers were icy cold.
Van gripped her hand fast and tightly and put his head against her chest. There was still a faint heartbeat, but it was fading fast.
"Hang on Hitomi!! I'll save you!! Just hang on!!" Van gripped Hitomi's hand harder as he gritted his teeth. What's going on? How'd Hitomi get into this situation? Van closed his eyes to think. Think Fanel, think! What would Hitomi do in this situation? Just at that moment Van heard his name. He stared surprised at Hitomi. "Hitomi?" She muttered his name again, but then it was followed by silence.
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Hitomi's tears spilled down her face as her love had disappeared. It seemed like forever ago the white pillar had removed him from her sight. After her tears subsided she could hear her name, but vaguely. "Van?" Hitomi whispered. Her face lit up as she heard her name a few more times. "Van!! Van! Save me!!" Hitomi yelled back. It was no use. She couldn't even hear Van calling her name anymore.
A cold and disturbing silence swept over the field she lay in. Hitomi looked around and shuddered. Someone called her name and it echoed around her even though there were no mountains to be seen. The soft echo turned into an echo of laughing. It grew so loud that Hitomi thought the person laughing was right behind her, but when she looked, she only saw an endless field of unnaturally green grass.
"Who's there?" Hitomi yelled as loud as her voice would let her. She was frightened, but she stood up determinedly and brushed her tears away. "Who's there?!!" Hitomi almost screamed. "What have you done with Van?"
The voice chuckled, "Don't worry, he's safe and sound, but you, you are not."
Hitomi looked all around. "Where are you? Show yourself!"
The voice just chuckled again. "Hmmmm……it seems that you'll die here. Your Van doesn't seem to know how to save you. I guess he's never had experience with mind poison before."
Hitomi was confused. "Huh? Mind poison?"
The person laughed loudly, causing Hitomi to cover her ears. "That's right. Mind poison. I don't really feel like explaining it to you though. Maybe later. You'll be here quite a long time."
Hitomi's head started spin. A feeling of sickness overcame her as a vision tried to take place, but it was messed up and hurting her head badly. Hitomi's hands covered her head as she dealt with the pain. Her pupils disappeared and she looked up. Straight at the invisible being floating in the sky. "Mind poison…."
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Van couldn't take it anymore. He just had to do something. Thinking back to when Hitomi almost died in Prince Chid's castle he remembered how he had saved her using Millerna's method. "Yosh!!!" Van placed his hands just under the ribcage, but something stopped him. Van looked at Hitomi's mouth, eyes wide with confusion.
"Van. Cut my arm with your sword. Draw blood."
A/N: Oh my heck!! I am soooooooo sorry that this is short!! I actually started writing this a year ago and never finished. So sorry! I hope this will satisfy you for now. School starts in two days! Nooooooooo!! Actually, I'm sorta excited for High School I guess. ^^;